One time, I was walking my dog at the park.
I was crossing the street to get to the park. The entire way before that my dog was completely calm. But as I stepped onto the sidewalk against the park, my dog erupts into furious barking.
For dog owners, you can hear the different tones of barking and other sounds they make. There are scared barks. Aggressive barks. Get back barks. Excited, can’t contain it barks. etc.
My dog barked in a defensive and aggressive bark. It was on guard and trying to ward off what was coming.
I turned to my right to look and here’s what I saw.
A black thing with a mask.
I say “thing” because I couldn’t tell you whether it was a man or a woman. I still to this day have no clue.
They looked like a female and had the body of an overweight female. But they also had a beard growing, not a full blown beard but facial hair enough to show a decent beard on their neck / under chin. They had a mask over their face, the covid masks but a cloth one. It had the lgtbq+ flag on it and I believe those exact letters printed on it. As I said before, the person was obese and they had a hoodie and some pants on, black in color. They were black and so their hair was curly, black hair, and their beard matched the curly hair.
It was the most insane, extreme and odd thing I’ve ever seen.
To this day, I still 100% believe it wasn’t even a human. It was a demon that had constructed a flesh body. Not a body woven in the womb by God but an attempt at creating and mimicking what God did.
The thing on the sidewalk
But what happens next is what makes it worse.
They are walking towards my dog and I down the sidewalk.
My dog is a pitbull. A female pitbull. Very strong, muscular and powerful. Locking jaw and glaring sharp teeth. Growling and barking very powerfully at them.
They don’t hesitate… Or skip a beat. Casually strolling towards us.
When I had turned to look at them, and continued to look at them while my dog was barking, they were continuing to walk towards us.
I look up at them. I look back down to my dog going crazy, threatening great harm and injury to them. I look back up at them and they look at me to the side with their eyes, without turning their head, and they give me this insidious smirk.
I can’t see their mouth but you can see when someone smirks. Their cheeks rise up and bunch together and their eyes squint. In this case, their mask also lifted up with it.
It’s as if they knew that I knew. As if they were saying, “You’re lucky that dog is there to protect you.”
The voice I hear
At the time, I also heard a voice in my head. It said this wasn’t a person and was an evil demonic entity in physical form.
Not only that but the voice explained that’s why my dog was barking and set on their destruction. My awesome dog was warning me and actively protecting me from it.
And I felt this very great danger. I was in danger.
This person wasn’t normal or human
All of these things adding up.
The obesity, the lgbtq homosexual pride flag, the female physical form but with the beard of a man, my calm, passive and loving dog erupting into a killer pitbull, the lack of fear or hesitation in the face of an aggressively barking pitbull, the insidious smirk, the voice that sounded in my head further confirming it all and the sense of great danger…
They weren’t a normal human being. This was something else.
I’ve never had anything like that happen since.
It was one of those moments where time slowed.
In the actual situation, it occurred maybe over the span of 10-15 seconds or less. But it felt a LOT longer.
I remember just watching them the whole time. I had taken my dog and we walked a little more into the park away from the sidewalk they were on. I wanted to avoid them even coming close to me and my dog while they were walking towards us and going to pass us.
I remember I kept looking back at them after they passed by. And I remember thinking that entire time as I continued my walk, “What… was… that?!?! I need to hurry up, finish this walk and get back home!!!”
Interestingly enough, they never turned their head and looked back at me. Even after they passed me with the threat of my vicious dog behind them. They never turned their head and looked back to make sure my dog wasn’t coming after them. Their response and behavior wasn’t that of a human.
Now why would I cross paths with a demon?
At this time, it was earlier in my walk with Jesus Christ.
I was absolutely on fire for God. I was going to war against evil principalities and wickedness and evil spirits in people’s lives. I was testifying powerfully for God.
I was so fervent and zealous for God I’d run into a spiritual dens of vipers, venomous snakes, and testify of God. I’d break into the darkest places spiritually, and flood it with the light. I was absolutely FEARLESS. I spent my DAYS testifying and witnessing to people online.
I was very much so at war with satan and all his wicked plans. I was actively attacking his reign in people’s lives.
As a result, I was a target spiritually. There were plenty of spiritual attacks on me.
You see satan HATES when you thwart his plans and rip people away from his hands and free them from their chains. satan gets EXTREMELY ANGRY when you attack his strongholds.
Anyone who does it will quickly grab satan’s attention.
This is in combination with the fact that I had recently been saved at the time. satan was already trying to pull me back into his chains and get me to turn to the right or left away from God. To try to afflict me and cause me to curse and forsake, or abandon, God.
I was actively being tried at the time. And, I think attacking satan’s strongholds really just exacerbated it.
This experience of crossing paths with what seemed like a high and powerful demon in physical form was just one of the many spiritual events at the time.
How it all ends
Well, no matter who and what, we know that God is above all. Jesus Christ is the KING of Kings and LORD of Lords. Jesus Christ is LORD. Jesus Christ saves and God is Good! He protects and guards His people. Just as He did in this situation. Keeping me safe from harm and great evil.
God is also everlasting and infinitely wise. He teaches His people and builds them up. He certainly used the experience to teach me a LOT. He taught me how to identify demons and unclean spirits, what to look out for, how to prepare myself, etc.
But the most important thing He taught and showed me was, “I am with you.” He taught me, “Not to worry” because He would look out for me and He has consistently done that, repeatedly, throughout my entire life.
Glory be to God!