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Mysterious Fog On the Beach

DOWN BY THE OCEAN ON A HALLOWEEN NIGHT. A THREE QUARTERS MOON WAS PROVIDING SOME LIGHT. AND FROM OUT OF NOWHERE A VERY STRANGE SMELL. I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS AN ODER FROM HELL. A FOG ROLLED IN AND VERY QUICK. IT WAS SO HARD TO SEE BECAUSE THE FOG WAS SO THICK. IT WAS MORE LIKE DEATH. THAT SMELL WAS SO STRONG. I TOLD MYSELF I DON'T BELONG. THE FOG BECAME DENSE IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE. I HAD NO IDEAL WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF ME. THE INCOMING TIDE HAD TO BE NEAR. THAT ONLY ADDED TO MY ALREADY FEARS. AND THEN FOR A MINUTE THE MOONLIGHT POKED THROUGH AND WHAT I SAW IS WHAT I'M TELLING YOU. LIZARD LIKE CREATURES BIGGER THAN ME. CAME UP FROM THE SAND AND WALKED INTO THE SEA. NOW I KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS HARD TO BELIEVE. I'M JUST SO THANKFUL THEY DIDN'T SEE ME. FEBRUARY 2017

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 6/21/2017 6:43:00 AM
This is Awesome! Spooky with great flow! Enjoyed it??
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Michael E. Harris
Date: 6/22/2017 11:35:00 PM
Thank you Diana. Good hearing from you.
Date: 4/6/2017 2:54:00 PM
A nice, chilling, setting of the mood.
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