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asked, finally coming to life instead of looking like a dummy in a window display.
              “Someone certainly picked him up from on top of me, yes. But he must have been one hell of a strong man because my attacker was powerful enough to keep me down on the ground and whoever lifted him off me did it with great ease.” I answered.
              “Did you get a good look at this man? Could you describe him to us?” the older man asked excitedly.
              “From where I was lying and with what was going on, I never did manage to get a long hard look at him - it was almost as if he was a shadow, dressed completely in dark clothes, but I never did get to see his face properly.”

The two policemen looked disappointed at my last statement and when it looked like another question was going to head my way, we were disturbed by the door opening again and everyone watched on in silence as a police officer entered the room holding a sheet of paper which he promptly gave to the older man before leaving the room, closing the door as he left.

The two men read what was written on the sheet of paper and immediately looked at each other, both visibly showing signs of confusion.
              “What does that piece of paper say?” I asked impatiently, but my question remained unanswered, instead being counteracted with another question.
              “When your alleged attacker was lifted off you,” the older man asked again with an air of impertinence, “are you absolutely positive that it was definitely a man?”
              “The shape of the body was definitely not a woman’s if that’s what you mean.” I answered, slightly confused by the question.
              “It was definitely not an animal of any kind whatsoever?” he asked again.
              “What do you mean? The shape and characteristics were definitely that of a man and a strong one at that too. I saw him throw my attacker against the wall behind me with ease and I also saw him walk over to pick him up again.”

It was at this point that I remembered seeing him hold my attacker around the neck.
              “I definitely know it was a man, because I looked directly into his eyes.”
              “I beg your pardon?” the young man asked.
              “When he lifted my attacker off the ground after throwing him against the wall, he looked me directly in the eyes. That’s the moment I think I passed out - the next thing that I can remember was opening my eyes to find myself lying in the alleyway with the body next to me, looking up at two policemen who put me in their car and brought me here. That is honestly everything that I can remember of what happened tonight.”
 
    I couldn’t get over how the questions that they were asking me had changed from authoritative and controlling to almost desperate, but one thing that I knew was no matter how many more questions they wanted to fire at me, I could not recall anymore.
     
    But little did I know that the sheet of paper that was given a few moments ago was a copy of the Coroner’s preliminary report on the body and it stated that the cause of death had almost certainly been from the force of impact when he was thrown against the wall, but multiple puncture wounds were also found on the victim’s neck made by some kind of animal with very long sharp teeth.
     
    It also reported that there was insufficient evidence that anyone else was at the scene at the time of the attack, therefore rightly confirming my innocence, but I knew that whoever saved me in that alleyway was definitely not an animal.
     
    The disappointment on the older policeman’s face was visible for all to see as he conceded that there were no more grounds to keep me for questioning.
                  “Thank you very much for your help, Miss