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Iona House
09/2021
An unnatural hush descended upon the surroundings. The street, flanked by multiple busy roads and a looming bridge, felt abandoned in an eerie way. I gazed up at the night sky, searching for a reason behind the unsettling quiet, and that's when I saw it.
Two enormous, perfect O-shaped lights hovered above me, their glow casting an otherworldly aura. They moved in an unnatural harmony, tracing a vertical line through the sky, one eerily following the other. My eyes widened as I tried to rationalize the sight; it couldn't be a plane, nor a satellite. The lights were too massive, too close to the ground for any conventional explanation.
The logical part of my mind insisted it must be an aircraft—maybe a helicopter, perhaps a drone. I strained my ears, anticipating the familiar drone of engines that would shatter the spectral silence. But nothing came. The lights continued their silent dance, gliding through the night sky with an unsettling grace, defying the laws of the rational world.
I stood there, frozen, in the heart of an uncanny quietude, as the enigmatic lights persisted in their unholy trajectory. No sound, no explanation, just the haunting presence of those glowing orbs cutting through the dark. It was as if the very air held its breath, awaiting something insidious.
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