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The sun shone through the trees most beautifully, cascading down onto the forest floor.

I stood there for a moment, captivated by the beautiful landscape lost in transient thought. I had yet to register the roaring; when this beast crashed through the trees infront of me.

A creature born straight out of Jurassic Park , I stood face to face with a raptor. It's reptilian eyes surveyed the area before focusing upon me, I could see its pupil dilate in surprise; then narrow as it saw me as prey.

The creature charged at my still shocked frame, on pure instinct ,I screamed and ran towards the prehistoric beast. We met in the middle. It's claws darting up towards my stomach, no doubt trying to disembowel me.

I dodged and kicked back, landing square in it's chest. The beast staggered for a moment, growls permeating the air, then it tried to bite at me, it's teeth tearing into my shirt.

I struck back jamming my thumb in its eye. The animal lept back, out of reach, and screeched, that's when I saw a combat knife stuck in a tree nearby me. Adrenaline rushed through my body as a ran forward, grabbing the knife and vaulting on to the raptors' back.

For an instant it hung there; I was riding a raptor like some sort of rodeo cowboy. I could feel the beast bucking, trying to throw me off when I sunk the knife deep in it's throat.

The sound was a vicious snuk as it bit deep into its throat, even more chilling was the kems as I pulled it out. It was that day that I got my nickname; one that has stuck with me for years “Snukkems, Rider of Raptors”.