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posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.02.05 (11:31 pm)
Forgive me, but the sheer length of this story has made it necessary for me to post in in several comments.
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The residents of Franklin County South Carolina had been reporting some strange things to authorities. Around mid April, the first story about the “Franklin Swamp Creeper” appeared in the Tribune. The small article, which appeared on the 3rd page of the local section, just underneath the weather and a larger feature on the local Kiwanis Club fish fry, revealed in just a few words what the residents of Franklin County knew:
Locals Report Creature Living In Swamp
Franklin County – Mrs. Eugenia Watts of Franklin County reported seeing a strange creature emerge from the swamp Friday afternoon. According to Ms. Watts, the creature, which was dressed like a man but resembled “a small bear,” made primitive noises and knocked over several residents’ trash cans. Local residents appear unclear as to the details of the creature’s features; however, Mrs. Watts expressed the opinion of several of her neighbors when she said “I’m just saying this ain’t no man. He’s bigger than a man. And that smell. Well, this just ain’t no man.” Local authorities were alerted of the sighting, but an initial search of the area yielded no further information.
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.02.05 (11:31 pm)
By June, people were seeing “The Creeper” everywhere.
School children on their way from a fieldtrip to the statehouse in Greenville reported seeing him knelt over the carcass of what appeared to be an alligator, which he then, according to several versions of the story, dragged half alive back into the swamp with him.
Local farmer, Newton Clodfelter, chased The Creeper off his property with a shotgun after finding several of his cattle mysteriously dead in the far pasture.
Dr. Brown, (who had delivered nearly every baby ever born in Franklin County), hands shook when he told the story of finding The Creeper in his chicken coup, (just a few feet from his son Duane’s bedroom window), snapping the necks of several birds and stuffing them into a small knapsack - which many locals had reported seeing him carry in their own encounters with Franklin County’s very own boogie man.
Women walked to their cars a little more quickly at night. Men checked and rechecked the locks on sheds and barns and especially their front doors before going to bed. Children watched with wide eyes when making forays into the swamp on dares and other rites of initiation.
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.02.05 (11:31 pm)
By August, the people of Franklin County were fed up and began demanding that the authorities do something.
Local police placed barricades around the parameter of the swamp, and set up bear traps near the spots where The Creeper had been seen before. Small bands of police and local hunters, armed with camouflaged clothing, electronic tracking devices and all the guns the second amendment would allow, made short strips deep into the swamp. Each morning the mayor held a press conference to report the details of the day’s search and to express his confidence in the abilities of the authorities, but each evening the men emerged from the swamp with their guns ~ but nothing else.
Then, after 11 days of searching, a strange thing happened.
The creature emerged from the swamp: hands raised, head and shoulders slumped.
A few local police officers and a couple of the hunters who had been searching all week attempted to bring The Creeper down with a tackle, but by all accounts he was bigger than many of them and there was a bit of a struggle. Amidst the chaos, The Creeper was shot. Six times.
Residents who were there marveled at how little like a bear he really looked.
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.02.05 (11:32 pm)
A few weeks later, a group of kids playing in the swamp ran across a small dwelling among the reeds. Constructed of twigs and thatch, the neat little domicile lay hidden among the tall grass in the southern, less dense section of the swamp. A small overgrown garden lay just a few feet away and a small ladder led to the dwelling’s only opening.
Inside the children found some archaic looking cooking implements, a small pallet bed and a knapsack containing 2 knives, a large stick, a battered notebook filled with scribbled drawings, a well worn pencil and a picture of a woman.
They took the knives and the stick but tossed the rest into the swamp.
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.02.05 (11:36 pm)
The End :)
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.03.05 (9:04 am)
Reply to: juniperflux
Good lord. I may have created a monster, but *someone* fed it... Mr. Jongleur, Sir, I believe you may be the guilty party here.
At this rate, you may need to relinquish your user name to someone who is clearly earning it. :)
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.03.05 (9:12 am)
Reply to: lindy
This story business is fun. :)
j
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.03.05 (9:27 am)
Reply to: juniperflux
Oh, the pressure! *flings arm over eyes...
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.03.05 (1:34 pm)
Reply to: lindy
Pressure?
Are we about to have a 'dance off' like Britney and Justin??
j
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.03.05 (2:28 pm)
Reply to: juniperflux
Hahahaha. No. Like you, I know when I am out gunned.
*backs quietly into the background.
Besides, our judge is biased. ;)
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.03.05 (7:50 pm)
Reply to: lindy
whatever @ outgunned.
As for our "judge" I'm not certain he can be bought. (Had certainly.. but never bought). He is rather cute though.
But I must ask...
is this a competition?
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.03.05 (9:47 pm)
Reply to: juniperflux
No. It's a joke.
hahahahahaaaa
posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.04.05 (3:44 pm)
Reply to: lindy
*cough* Bollocks *cough*
Of COURSE it's a competition! ;-)
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.04.05 (6:46 pm)
Reply to: BerlinBear
I *knew* it!
Damn! :)
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.04.05 (10:35 pm)
Reply to: BerlinBear
Hey! No, it's not! What ever makes you think so? I simply am blown away by Juni's stories. They really are quite fabulous.
-sigh- I'm pea green with envy...
posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.05.05 (1:09 am)
Reply to: lindy
Hehehe. The lady doth protest too much, methinks.
Hahaha! Just winding you up. See how easy it is? ;-)
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.05.05 (2:16 am)
Reply to: lindy
This is crazy talk.
Crazy, I'm telling you.
Crazy.
*wink*
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.05.05 (2:17 am)
Reply to: BerlinBear
*giggle*
It's not too tough, is it?
posted by: TheJongleur (reply)
post date: 06.05.05 (3:12 pm)
Reply to: lindy
She's on a mission, no?
She's good to me.
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.05.05 (9:05 pm)
Reply to: BerlinBear
Ha! It *is* easy to wind me up. Hmmm...
*wanders off to ponder anti-winding up methods...
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.05.05 (9:07 pm)
Reply to: juniperflux
She's aliiiiive! Aliiiiiiiiive!
My creation, is it real?
Weird science! Bits and pieces and the magic from her hands will make weird science. Things you've never seen before... hahaha.
hahahahaha
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.05.05 (9:09 pm)
Reply to: TheJongleur
Pardon me for this, but....
I'm clutching my sides due to this comment. Oh, to be a fly on the wall...
Yes, she is good to you. So good, in fact, she seems able to put the the very words in your mouth... finish your sentences for you, etc. It is uncanny!
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.06.05 (5:48 am)
Reply to: lindy
Maybe we're really the same person!
*wiggles eyebrows*
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.06.05 (5:49 am)
Reply to: TheJongleur
"she's good to me"
Yes. Yes I am.
*wink*
It goes both ways though, love.
posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.06.05 (5:50 am)
Reply to: lindy
You are officially CRAZY. :)
But I still love you in a NON sort of way. *wink*
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.06.05 (6:59 am)
Reply to: juniperflux
Hahahahaha! If that isn't the pot calling the kettle black! Oh, the irony...