I decided on my way home from Daylesford that I would go for a walk to find some cool rocks, my dad and I had been here a few years ago so I wanted to explore it again, it was later in the afternoon and as I was driving down into the gorge the sun had gone behind the mountains, still daylight but I only had an hour or so left until it was dark, I got down to the car park and there was two people leaving from this walk, there was no one else around as it was getting too late, I had a feeling I shouldn’t be going by myself this late but I kept telling myself I’ll be quick and it’ll be fine, I started walking down the trail finding bits of slate rock and quarts but was sure I’d keep looking, I kept having this feeling like I wasn’t welcome or that something was watching me but I shrugged it off and kept my head down minding my business, I kept walking down the trail following a creek to my right that was full of reeds the wind was blowing through them and the trees over head were rustling with the breeze too. About 1km in, I came to a crossing, a small wooden foot bridge dividing the reeds, I thought to myself “I’ll just go a little further” despite feeling very unwelcome. I took a few steps onto the bridge and the wind stopped, the reeds went quite everything stood still just out of nowhere, silence. I stopped in my tracks, frozen as I felt a rush of energy telling me to get out of there. I then heard an unearthly shriek coming from in front of me, nothing I had ever heard before, not quite a scream but definitely not something a normal animal or bird could make. I turned around and walked back to the car, I tried to stay calm as I could, not trying to feed into the fear of what I just experienced and the awful feelings I was getting about being there. I finally got back to my car and I was completely alone, I didn’t pass anyone along the way back, the wind was almost stronger as it was before and I hightailed it out of there. I still don’t know what happened that afternoon and I haven’t been back but I’m always going to trust my gut if I feel in welcome again, what would of happened if I kept walking down that trail?