i kind of dropped down into this irrigation ditch. i started to come up over the top of the ditch, and i heard footsteps. i couldn't quite make out where it was. but it was getting closer. it was two turkish border guards walking along the top of the ridge that i was about to be going over. and i froze. i was curled up on the bottom thinking, stone, inanimate object. and i'm getting freaked now. it's like, that was really close.