Using vivid imagery, describe a setting that has a suspenseful or frightening mood.
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Shadows loomed in the grey atmosphere as the tree branches jutted into the pathway like the gnarly fingers of an old witch. A nearby crow cawed sullenly, breaking the otherwise intensely silent scenery as the boy glanced about. He was lost and utterly confused. A dark blob skittered a few yards ahead of him, his peripheral vision catching sight of the inhuman blur before it disappeared. With wide eyes, he took a deep, shaky breath and stepped forth again. A twig cracked under his foot and he cringed as a flurry of once statue-still birds flew into the midnight air. Pausing in his stride, the boy quickly turned his head to and fro in order to see or hear if the mysterious darkness offered a new surprise.
