Cryptid Sighting
By FinchTale
268 Words
2024-04-09
You wake up in the middle of the night, needing to pee really badly. Slowly and carefully, as to not wake up your friend, you exit your tent and leave for the moonlit woods nearby.
As you find a suitable spot to do your business, you hear a noise nearby. You immediately regret not bringing any light with you but proceed anyway. Just get this over with and return to the tent. It’s probably just the wind.
Having relieved yourself, you hear the noise again. This time, coming from where you came from. You feel a knot form in your chest as you begin slowly walking back towards the camp.
That’s when you see it. A creature unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. It has a body that seems to be too long for its own good with an even longer tail. Bioluminescent pink goo is oozing from its mouth and tail. It appears to be analyzing your campground, looking for something. What that something is, however, you can’t quite tell.
No matter. You take your courage with both hands and begin walking around it as sneakily as you can, making sure to keep track of the creature as you do so.
Just as you make it to the edge of your camp, it notices you. Without moving an inch, it follows your every movement with its piercing gaze. Every step made towards the camp seemingly agitating it more than the last.
You decide to make a run for it and head towards your tent, but it’s too late. You can hear it chasing after you.
It pounces-
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