I went to the garage to get some tools and found this on the wall.

I went to the garage to get some tools and found this on the wall.

It stayed with me long after I learned what it really was. That first jolt of fear, the way my brain tried to turn it into anything but what it looked like, said more about me than about the thing itself. I realized how quickly we reach for monsters, curses, or conspiracies when confronted with something we don’t understand.