Very macabre, and reminded me of the start of several of Ambrose Bierce’s short stories. He’s in the top five of my favorite writers :)
just a nitpick on punctuation and verb tense: In the 3rd Paragraph, “instinctively” needs an extra comma or two. Also, “I passed my flashlight” is past tense, yet the rest of the story is in present tense.
Eloquent Mess {(LoA)} 
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