An spooky encounter in the woods

Thought I had a thread for this story here, but maybe I talked about it somewhere else. So, last year I came across a comp from Ghost Orchid Press that I thought I would take a shot at. Got rejected (hey, it's my first submission outside of here) but I thought I would post it here.

A couple days ago, I was going for a walk through the woods where it takes place (well, the ones that inspired it, anyhow). I had my phone with me so I pulled it out, and took some pictures. One is now the story's cover image. I'll post a couple more in this thread.

First off, the story is An Encounter in The Woods By Night.

The cover image is pretty much the point on the path where the narrator has the titular encounter. This is another side path further up the trail.

And this is just a random view looking out from the path into the woods.

So, yeah, this is one of my stories that is somewhat based in reality, even if things get unreal (very unreal).