Chapter 46: Some Little Boys Like to Stray
“This is the most amazing place,” I told Dugan, lost in the dense woods and the connected caves that looked like mouths that were somewhat kissing. “You can feel the Indians’ spirits here. What do you say?”
“I can. The place feels haunting, mysterious, and peaceful all at the same time. It’s devastating how man can treat man, though. The natives who owned this land were butchered for no reason. It was an atrocity that happened here. These things even happen in society today. Man versus man all the time, and oftentimes fatally.”
We stared into one of the dark caves, listening to squeaking bats and the howling wind. Leaves on the surrounding trees rustled behind us. Sunbeams danced around us, shading parts of our bodies.
It didn’t take us very l
