The ‘thing‘
The loggers had just found out that not only scientists and archaeologists make these kinds of discoveries. How had this ‘thing’ ended up in that tree trunk for heaven’s sake? And what were they supposed to do with this? They were aware that they had made a very important find. They would probably never see anything like this again.
The find was extremely frightening and made a big impact on the group for this reason. Several of the loggers were plagued by intense nightmares in the years after the discovery and had to undergo therapy for this. They could never have expected this as they drove to work that morning.