for an abundance of plant and wildlife. The area was hugely popular with the tourist industry, offering hikes, horse and 4 x 4 trails, as well as picnic sites.  Jimmy was unaware of all of this, and perhaps if he had been he would have been less reluctant to head off into it with his small gang of survivors in the hope of finding a hiking trail or a family on a picnic.  To them the forests were a scary and gloomy place - a place where young boys could get lost and never be found again. 

Even now, as he and Marko made their way through the thick, mostly untouched undergrowth, clambering over rocks and vines, ducking under the gnarled branches of grey moss-covered trees, the whole time keeping a wary eye on the scene both ahead and behind them, the shadowy darkness of it seemed both evil...

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