Those Who Went Remain There Still
Those Who Went Remain There Still
“I’d never been inside one before, and until that day I’d never seen a spirit before, either; but the cave surprised me more than the ghosts, I think. I’d expected darkness, and I’d expected the echoes of our voices and footsteps to patter back and forth across the walls. I’d anticipated the dampness, too.
But nothing could have prepared me for the sheer stink of the place.
From the outside we could detect it faintly, and to look at the ground around the entrance you’d think that nothing healthful could be emanating from within. To see all the dead grass and the swath of plants that had expired rather than grow in such proximity to the terrible smell…well…it made me worry for our lungs. Even if the air was not the strictest poison, it certainly could do us no good to breathe it for any duration.
*** Years ago, back when I was still there in the valley, a large raccoon somehow trapped itself in the outhouse hole and drowned in the sewage one summer. After two or three days of stewing in... its fecal broth, the decaying raccoon’s stench could have roughly compared to the rank air within the cave.MoreLess
But nothing could have prepared me for the sheer stink of the place.
From the outside we could detect it faintly, and to look at the ground around the entrance you’d think that nothing healthful could be emanating from within. To see all the dead grass and the swath of plants that had expired rather than grow in such proximity to the terrible smell…well…it made me worry for our lungs. Even if the air was not the strictest poison, it certainly could do us no good to breathe it for any duration.
*** Years ago, back when I was still there in the valley, a large raccoon somehow trapped itself in the outhouse hole and drowned in the sewage one summer. After two or three days of stewing in... its fecal broth, the decaying raccoon’s stench could have roughly compared to the rank air within the cave.MoreLess
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