At this point I looked at dog. Dog had its tail between their legs and stood very close to me. Not a common thing.

Also at this point I thought "oh fuck wolf" (and also "oh cool wolf!") and went down a mental list to discard every other animal it could be. It could only been a wolf (or a really big dog, but considering there's been many wolf sightings here and no wild dog ones that wasn't likely).

The moon breaking through the clouds solved it. I could see a vague but clear outline.

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