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In El Salvador. Across Land America, there are tales of a dog,

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a dog the size of a horse, with red eyes, matted black fur,

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and chains that drag across the ground
as it walks. Sometimes the smell

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of sulfur accompanies this dog. One
thing is certain, if you see this

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dog, you don't have much time
left. I'm Christina and this is espooky

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stories, and today I'm telling you
about an encounter with elk Home. Listen

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escucha if you dare. Antonio was
a hard working man, like his father

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and older brother. He needed to
be. He had a family to feed.

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Like every hard working man, he
also needed a little break before going

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home after a long day in the
sun. Every man needed a break,

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a drink or two at the cantina. It was just what men did.

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He always thought he'd go straight home
after work to see his kids and his

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wife, spent time with them before
they went to bed. This was something

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he always wanted from his own father. He used to spend hours waiting at

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the door for him. He used
to tell himself he wouldn't keep his own

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children waiting like that. But times
were different now. He was a man,

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a man that needed time to relax
a bit before going home. Home

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was around the corner anyway, And
it's not like he did this every night.

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And you know what, he was
there when it mattered. He didn't

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miss the important days that mattered.
Never mind that he'd only be gone for

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a little bit anyway, at least
that's what he told himself. That little

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bit got longer and longer, and
it was now late at night. Antonio

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was drinking and having a good time. The bar closed and he and his

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friends had no choice but to head
home. They were walking on the cobblestone

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roads of Naui SalCo, just a
group of hard working drunk men heading home

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in the same direction. At least
they were until Antonio had the urge to

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pee. His friends wanted to wait
for him, but he told them it

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was fine, he'd catch up later. He stopped and his friends went on.

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If he had a watch, he'd
know that it was already past midnight

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and this was not a good hour
to be out and about. Antonio's Aulita

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always warned him about being out late
at night, especially out late at night

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and alone, but he was too
drunk to remember this. Antonio was done

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and continued stumbling on his friends nowhere
to be seen. He thought he heard

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noises behind him, but he kept
walking. He did not want to turn

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around to check. He heard growling
and the sound of hoops on the cobblestone.

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He walked a little faster to get
away, but the noises didn't stop.

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Whatever this was was following him.
Antonio decided to turn around, and

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there it was a giant black dog
with thick, matted, tangled fur at

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an odor like no other. This
dog smelled rotten like sulfur. It was

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the size of a horse, with
piercing red eyes at a chain that dragged

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along the road as it walked.
He turned his back to this creature and

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he ran, afraid for his life. The creature did not like this,

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and it chased Antonio down. Antonio
thought he was running faster than did this

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thing, and it was suddenly nowhere
to be seen. He slowed down,

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caught his breath, and took another
step, but when he looked up,

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it was in front of him.
The giant dog stood and Antonio screamed.

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He knew what this was. This
was not a dog. This was He

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wanted to run, but it was
too late. He was being attacked.

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The dog kicked and hit him and
never bit him. It was abnormally strong.

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The attack continued and Antonio thought surely
someone would pass by and save him.

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No one came, and Ilgajo attacked
until Antonio could no longer breathe.

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Spooky Stories is written, edited and
produced by me Christina. Tune in on

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Fridays for our regular episodes where I
and MJA share a scary story smiths and

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legends, sometimes with the guests,
sometimes without stay yes, spooky the time