Dragons in the Marsh

          "It started at about 12:45 AM. As I lay in bed, having just slipped under the covers a few minutes before, I began to vaguely hear some kind of commotion outside. It was very faint, but after a few minutes of listening, I was positive that it was, in fact, there. I couldn't quite describe the sounds, though the more I listened, the more curious I became. It seemed almost as if there was some kind of music playing, but it wasn't like a party or any type of modern music. It sounded almost like a wooden flute, but in a very odd, low tone. I'm still not quite sure what it was. But, aside from this strange music, I could hear an occasional roar-like sound. At first, I thought it might have been a car driving by, but I soon dismissed that possibility, since I hadn't seen any headlights, and it hadn't really sounded like a car at all. It sounded like...well, almost like a wolf's howl or some kind of roar, but in a very low note, and it kept almost the same pitch, but with a sudden fade at the end. It also sounded like there was more than one source of this sound, and each sound could be described to be in a different “voice” or “pitch”.

The more I thought, the more I believed that it was some kind of animal, but there was definitely more than one. I still can't quite explain the music, but all I know is that there was only the flute, with no sort of background noise or vocals, etc. There was some kind of faint accompaniment, but it was very faint. I'm guessing it was some kind of drum, or something of the sort.

Just to clear this up, this was definitely NOT a party. I live in a neighborhood way out in the middle of nowhere, and it's a place old people go to retire; not a place where people party. And, the direction the sounds were coming from were in an area that nobody lived nearby. There were no lights, but I may have detected a few slight flashes in the clouds, and pointed out a few “shadows” in the sky, though they were very faint and hardly noticeable.

I just thought I'd point this out again, but these things were VERY hard to hear, but not impossible. But, I'm positive that it wouldn't have been heard by anyone else in the family, because 1) I have much better hearing than them (I can hear dogs barking across the street while in my sister's room, but she can never hear a thing, and 2) things outside arie best heard from my room, which is secluded from the rest of the house. I sometimes hear gunshots from my room that nobody even noticed downstairs. This means that, I only heard them because of my extreme hearing, and because I was in my bedroom.

Another thing I wanted to point out that I found rather strange was that, while the entire sky was dark and covered with clouds, there was one section that seemed to be covered in a thick layer of fog, which was much lighter in color in contrast to the sky (which was why I noticed it). This fog also just happened to encompass the exact area that these strange sounds were coming from.

The sounds stopped at about 1 AM. I think it may have been dragons."

 

 

          That was my description of what happened last night. Today, at around 12:45 PM (what a coincidence; the same time the roaring started last night), I headed down the trail in my backyard towards the marsh, where the sounds had been coming from. I observed things very carefully and listened hard, though I didn't expect to hear or see anything in broad daylight. I did notice, however, several trees that appeared to have been stripped of their bark in some areas. Some of the slashes within the trunks were older than others (meaning that the slashes on one tree were fresher than those on another), and were much too large and long to be from any cougar or bear.

 

          Here's a picture for proof:

 

 

          There were several trees like this, but they were all in the same general area, further down into the forest than I normally go.

 

          I have a feeling that there were definitely dragons here last night. It seemed as if they were having some sort of celebration (possibly for their own version of Thanksgiving?), and the thick fog over the area acted as a sort of sound barrier to keep humans from hearing the commotion. In Dragon Magick, "witches" or "wiccans" often work with dragons to perform certain spells and spiritual things of the sort, so I believe that the flute I heard was being played by a friend of the dragons; likely a witch. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with witches. They aren't nearly as horrible as people have made them out to be. Witches are simply people who use magic, and no one witch's actions can define them all. Witches work alone or with a partner, and they do what THEY want to do with magic, and have their own personal set of rules.

 

          My reasoning for believing that the dragons were having a celebration is that, since I live so far out in the middle of nowhere, it would be unlikely they'd be noticed, and, there is a large elk population nearby, specifically a 20-30 member herd living just down in our marsh. This means that the dragons could celebrate and feast on the elk during their stay without having to worry too much about being seen.

 

          After hearing the flute music last night, I recorded it by humming the melody, and then I tried my best to replicate the song on my own wooden flute. I recreated the whole experience by putting this music together with a mashup of a wolf's howl and lion's roar (lowered in pitch) to sound just as I heard the commotion last night.

 

          I'll be paying close attention to activity in the marsh tonight to see if they do anything again. I will share my findings with you in the morning!