Something in the Woods is Taking People

SOMETHING IN THE WOODS IS TAKING PEOPLE.
Something unknown that we cannot define; something that others have had the misfortune to encounter. People snatched soundlessly, never to be seen again. Or returned; dead. A strange and highly unusual predator. Highly intelligent. Very successful. And able to overpower someone in an instant.
This is a puzzle. An often deadly one.
Here follows some very troubling and disturbing accounts.

Something in the Woods is taking people....