[the knife is-- a little horror-movie-esque for a second, and he wonders if this is going to end like one too for a moment-- he didn't have those soulless black eyes of the dark eyed children from those stories

oh but it's a little puzzle, a riddle]

Why a stick? If you're going into the forest you've gotta bring a club...a gun or something, screw that! Bigfoot could be there.