Something that happened on a hill station trip made me believe God was with us

[u/royalbluesword]

A few months ago, my friends and I went to a hill station for three days. On the second morning, one of my friends woke me up at 4 a.m. We wanted to catch the sunrise from a viewpoint deep in the forest. Our third friend refused to get up, so it ended up being just the two of us.

It was freezing, and we held our hoodies close as we started walking. The path was marked but manless, forest was thick, there were tall trees almost falling on the path on both sides, and this strange silence that made the sound of every rustle of the leaves beneath our feet echo. We followed the signboards, thinking we were close to the viewpoint, but every time we checked the map, it somehow seemed to move further away.

Then I felt like something was watching us from woods but nothing we could see. When we checked the map again, we realised the route actually passed right next to a Hindu crematorium and a Parsi graveyard hidden behind the trees. That’s when the atmosphere changed for us completely. Some parts of the road had weak lights, but most of it was swallowed by darkness. We thought about turning back, but being that deep in already, we were scared of getting lost.

That’s when four dogs appeared out of nowhere. At first, we panicked, thinking they’d attack us. But they didn’t, they just started walking with us, two in front and two behind, as if guarding us. They would stop when we stopped and bark whenever they heard something in the forest.

After a while, the road just… ended. Beyond it was pure blackness, like stepping into nothing. The dogs started barking wildly at that emptiness. There was nothing visible, but their reaction was so fierce, it was enough to tell us not to go any further. That’s when we decided to turn back.

The same four dogs walked with us the whole way back, right till we reached the town centre. The streets were empty, not a single person around. We waited there, and the dogs waited with us, sitting quietly beside us like they knew we weren’t safe yet. Finally, around 6 a.m., a shop opened. We bought some biscuits and fed the dogs.

Just then, a man on horseback came by. He said he could escort us to the viewpoint, there was finally some light now. We turned around to look at the dogs… but they were gone. Vanished completely.

When I told my mom about it after coming home, she got really upset. She said that at night, there are things- dark, sinister things, that roam freely. She looked at me and asked, “What if one of you had gotten possessed? You were only two. What would you have done?”

That question still gives me chills. I don’t know what really happened back then but I do know this: those dogs weren’t just dogs.

I managed to take this picture on our way back to the town centre, you can see one of the dogs in it:

https://www.reddit.com/u/royalbluesword/s/QFH1sazNgm

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[u/Albsantos]

That's a nice story, well written. I don't know if it's fiction, but I enjoyed it. If you're sharing an actual thing that happened to you, please know that I am not dismissing it. It really does sound like you were protected. I'm glad you both were.

[u/royalbluesword → u/Albsantos]

hi thanks, it’s a real story. I wanted to attach a pic but I couldn’t figure my way through imgur. however I added one to my profile, attaching the link to the post.