When I was very little—four or five, perhaps—I saw an unexplainable entity. There were two sightings of this creature, vivid enough to burn into my memory. First it appeared under my bed; it seemed white in colour and was pressed against the far wall, lurking in shadow. When my uncle, who was visiting, lifted the frilly valance to shoo the monster away, it had vanished.

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