them
From the darkness
To the light
The town awakes
To hear him
Talk about
The unusual sights
A flash of light
In the darkness
Townspeople confused
An established figure
Community of Van Meter
Respected
Has a new venture
With his brother David
Very active
Sits on the Village Council
Member of two local clubs
Maybe he saw the moon
Had he been drinking?
A flash of light
In the darkness
The next night
Local doctor
Dr. Fred Alcott
Keeps a room
For resting
Rear of his office
Prepares for bed
2:27 am
This September night
Awakes
To a bright light
Shining in his face
What the devil?
A patient?
Bright flash of light
Through the window
Blinding
A flash of light
In the darkness
Grabs his
Remington Model 4 rifle
Runs outside
To find the source
Air misty
Smell of fallen leaves
Behind the light
A massive form
What in the name of God?
Creature
8 feet tall
Half human
Half animal
Can see where the light
Is coming from
Where the light
Is coming from
The center
Of the creature’s forehead
A small blunt horn
Great bat-like wings
Double thick skin membranes
Body covered
In dense fur
Black brown
Can see where the light
Is coming from
The horn, the horn
Terrible rotten egg smell
His eyes sting
I must slay this beast
Raises his rifle
Fires
Reloads
Fires
Five shots
No effect
My God! My God!
Stands there
The Doctor
Runs into his office
Locks the doors
And windows
To open their eyes
And to turn them
From the darkness
From the power of Satan
No one in the town
Believes
A flash of light
In the darkness
No one believes him
The Doctor’s gone batty
Too much absinthe
A monster in Van Meter?
The next night
October 1 st
One AM
Clarence Dunn
Walks alone
Through the quiet
Known to his friends
As Peter
And to turn them
From the darkness
Smokes brand new
Peterson Pipe
Cousin brought him
From
Half moon
Between passing clouds
Moon
Swallowed
By shadow
Graduated high school
Nearby town
Job as cashier
Van Meter State Bank
Owned by the Goar brothers
Puffs his pipe
Working his way up
To manager
Going to stand guard there
In case of these burglars
Has his trusty
Harrington and Richardson single barrel
Twelve gauge shot gun
Packed with buckshot
Nobody’s robbing us
Once at the small brick building
Settles in for long night’s watch
Half-asleep
Hears a noise
Gasping
Garbled gasps for air
Almost speaking
Someone choking?
A flash of light
In the darkness
And to turn them
And to turn them
Then a beam
Falls upon him
Through the front window
Sudden
Bright
Blinding
Like a search light
Snaps off him
Darts about the room
Gets a look
At the source
A great form
Of some kind
Begins to reveal itself
A great form
Reveals itself
Huge wings
Of skin
And to turn them
From the darkness
Light darts back
On him
Peter screams
Screams
Steadies barrel of gun
Towards the thing
Fires point blank
Through the window
Glass shatters
I killed it!
I killed it!
But when he goes outside
It’s gone
No blood
Gone
Just shards of glass
And something else
A large footprint
In the mud
A footprint
3 toes
I wasn’t seeing things
3 toes
And I saw an angel come
Down from heaven
Having the key
To the bottomless pit
How art thou falleth
From heaven
How art thou falleth
***
We’re headed to
My partner Eric and I
Researchers
Documentary filmmakers
Of the paranormal
History Channel
A & E
Lifetime
Our specialties
Lost cities
Atlantis and Lemuria
Pole shifts
Hollow Earth
Pre-Columbian trans oceanic contact
A film about
Top hauntings in
E-mails and texts
Eric and I
Combing through files
Which places should we go?
Which places?
Haunted by the ghosts
Of young children
Murdered by their mother
A Large and unknown creature
Werewolf-like
—Sigh
—Another werewolf story
—I’m werewolfed out
Or
1881
Kate Shelly
Crawled across damaged bridge
Near Boone
Fierce storm
To warn oncoming train
That
From the darkness
To the light
The town awakes
To hear him
Talk about
The unusual sights
A flash of light
In the darkness
Townspeople confused
An established figure
Community of Van Meter
Respected
Has a new venture
With his brother David
Very active
Sits on the Village Council
Member of two local clubs
Maybe he saw the moon
Had he been drinking?
A flash of light
In the darkness
The next night
Local doctor
Dr. Fred Alcott
Keeps a room
For resting
Rear of his office
Prepares for bed
2:27 am
This September night
Awakes
To a bright light
Shining in his face
What the devil?
A patient?
Bright flash of light
Through the window
Blinding
A flash of light
In the darkness
Grabs his
Remington Model 4 rifle
Runs outside
To find the source
Air misty
Smell of fallen leaves
Behind the light
A massive form
What in the name of God?
Creature
8 feet tall
Half human
Half animal
Can see where the light
Is coming from
Where the light
Is coming from
The center
Of the creature’s forehead
A small blunt horn
Great bat-like wings
Double thick skin membranes
Body covered
In dense fur
Black brown
Can see where the light
Is coming from
The horn, the horn
Terrible rotten egg smell
His eyes sting
I must slay this beast
Raises his rifle
Fires
Reloads
Fires
Five shots
No effect
My God! My God!
Stands there
The Doctor
Runs into his office
Locks the doors
And windows
To open their eyes
And to turn them
From the darkness
From the power of Satan
No one in the town
Believes
A flash of light
In the darkness
No one believes him
The Doctor’s gone batty
Too much absinthe
A monster in Van Meter?
The next night
October 1 st
One AM
Clarence Dunn
Walks alone
Through the quiet
Known to his friends
As Peter
And to turn them
From the darkness
Smokes brand new
Peterson Pipe
Cousin brought him
From
Half moon
Between passing clouds
Moon
Swallowed
By shadow
Graduated high school
Nearby town
Job as cashier
Van Meter State Bank
Owned by the Goar brothers
Puffs his pipe
Working his way up
To manager
Going to stand guard there
In case of these burglars
Has his trusty
Harrington and Richardson single barrel
Twelve gauge shot gun
Packed with buckshot
Nobody’s robbing us
Once at the small brick building
Settles in for long night’s watch
Half-asleep
Hears a noise
Gasping
Garbled gasps for air
Almost speaking
Someone choking?
A flash of light
In the darkness
And to turn them
And to turn them
Then a beam
Falls upon him
Through the front window
Sudden
Bright
Blinding
Like a search light
Snaps off him
Darts about the room
Gets a look
At the source
A great form
Of some kind
Begins to reveal itself
A great form
Reveals itself
Huge wings
Of skin
And to turn them
From the darkness
Light darts back
On him
Peter screams
Screams
Steadies barrel of gun
Towards the thing
Fires point blank
Through the window
Glass shatters
I killed it!
I killed it!
But when he goes outside
It’s gone
No blood
Gone
Just shards of glass
And something else
A large footprint
In the mud
A footprint
3 toes
I wasn’t seeing things
3 toes
And I saw an angel come
Down from heaven
Having the key
To the bottomless pit
How art thou falleth
From heaven
How art thou falleth
***
We’re headed to
My partner Eric and I
Researchers
Documentary filmmakers
Of the paranormal
History Channel
A & E
Lifetime
Our specialties
Lost cities
Atlantis and Lemuria
Pole shifts
Hollow Earth
Pre-Columbian trans oceanic contact
A film about
Top hauntings in
E-mails and texts
Eric and I
Combing through files
Which places should we go?
Which places?
Haunted by the ghosts
Of young children
Murdered by their mother
A Large and unknown creature
Werewolf-like
—Sigh
—Another werewolf story
—I’m werewolfed out
Or
1881
Kate Shelly
Crawled across damaged bridge
Near Boone
Fierce storm
To warn oncoming train
That
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