That the storm, which had been fairly substantial from the cloud cover he had seen, had already moved on hinted that something was VERY wrong, but the differing slope proved it to him. He wasn't  a believer in mysticism or magic, having given those thoughts up a long time before, but nothing he knew of would alter a tunnel that completely. That the forest was different merely proved him right, even the missing marks on the nearby trees just adding further proof. A quick glance at his cell phone, which before showed 2 bars and was now blank, indicated he had missed something major.<br/><br/>He glanced about, before deciding to try and head back to where he had parked, his wanderlust rather abruptly stated for some odd reason. He was moving quietly now, following the game trail, but knew he would have to abandon it soon, as it started to curve back to the west, rather than in a more east-southeasterly direction he wanted.