>be in the Georgian military
>Watch duty with a buddy in the middle of a semi-wooded near the Russian border and Abkhazian state that is also a mountain
>I HAVE THE HIGH GROUND
>Have shitty ak-74
>middle of the night just chatting with the buddy
>hear a sound coming like buzzing and gargling
>look down from the hill
>nothing there or whatever that thing was is hiding behind a tree
>ask the buddy what it might be
>he thinks it is an animal but we don’t care we have guns
>see something moving
>it is a bush
>bush is moving towards us
>not a ghillie suit a big bush like 4m
>we warn it
>we shoot a warning shot in the ground and air
>we are screaming at this point
>we start to shoot the bush nothing happens
>when it got closer I saw these sticks under it like it was using its branches to walk towards us
>I had 57 bullets on me after the first mag was gone
>I ran back so did my buddy
>we are running to the base on a hilly area
>reach base tells Sargent what happened
>after giving us a disappointed look goes outside with both of us
>the bush is still moving
>TOWARDS THE FUCKING BASE
>I SAW IT
>MY BUDDY SAW IT
>FUCKING SARGENT SAW IT
>thinks it is a gillie suit
>Shoots it with better aim
>nothing it still comes towards us slowly
>goes closer to the bush
>he sees it
>confirms it is a moving bush
>tells us to go back to the base and get the others
>2 more people come out
>5 people now watching a fucking bush move
>one guy says it is a new thing made by the Russians to fuck with us
>go back to base and lock every building up
>2 guys are on guard Sargent is making a call and not getting believed
>the bush fucking stops outside the base
>go to inspect it
>it has stopped moving
>it is a normal bush now
>it is now 6:00
>the sun is rising
>sargent goes to look at the bush
>sees it is a normal bush
>fucking cuts the bush with a hatchet
>pours motor oil to its stomp
>burns the bush
>get home
>make this post
>I am scared of bushes now
>It was a berry bush if it makes a difference

  • [email protected]OP
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    177 months ago

    Questionable sanity and untrustworthy narrators are rarely found outside of spy movies and heists, and that’s a darn shame. Pan’s labyrinth and shutter island spawned too few copycats.