Clara had been hiking uphill for about three hours when she emerged from the woods into a brown-green meadow.

She was thinking about sitting on a rock formation amidst the grass and eating lunch when suddenly men materialized from every side of the meadow. Four men surrounded her. They wore shiny grey pants and tee shirts that were either off-white or hadn't been recently washed. Chains festooned with pictures on plastic cards hung around their hairy necks.