I woke up suddenly because of wailings and terrified screams. I was bleary-eyed, not yet in my senses but I could make out that it was the fucking middle of the night. What had happened at such a time that had people screaming and crying out in terror? Whatever it was, I couldn’t just hole up in my bedroom. I clumsily threw off my comforter and started putting on my pants.

Without thinking twice about it, I ran downstairs to see what the commotion was about. As soon as I opened the doors to the pack house, I was greeted by massive mayhem and chaos. There were people running around...