Butch's [POV]
"It's okay. I come in peace."
About twenty minutes into my hike, I hear a woman's soft voice echoing off the water. I slow my pace. As the path curves around a clump of trees, a light blue color flashes through the dark green pine needles. I look through the branches. The blue is hair human hair attached to a woman.
She's crouching on some flat rocks about ten feet from the shore holding her hand out to something. I shake the branches to give her a warning that someone's near. She glances over her shoulder when she hears the rustling, but then turns back around. I edge around the trees to get a better look at what she's trying to touch.
"Holy shit!" I yell, running toward her. "Don't touch the raccoon!"
She whips her head around to me and screams. She tries to stand up but slips on the rocks and falls backward into the lake. Despite the water only being knee-deep, she somehow manages to submerge herself completely.
