Mystery

I was woke up last night around 3:00 AM with our dogs frantically barking. They had something trapped under the truck.  I got them away. I shined the flashlight under the truck. While I saw nothing, I was met with an impressive deep throated growl.  I saw no point in looking further and getting my face ripped off.  

I checked the live stock. The goats were silent but OK.   The chickens were fine. The pigs were impressive.  They were lined up shoulder to shoulder like the defensive line of an NFL team.

I am curious though, what was it?   It was small enough to fit under a pick up truck.

John F Dean wrote:I shined the flashlight under the truck. While I saw nothing, I was met with an impressive deep throated growl.

Hmmm... Nothing visibly there but was audible. Clearly this must be a cryptid of some kind, possibly from another dimension.

I see your location is Southern Illinois. Do you live near Enfield? Maybe the Enfield Horror was looking for a meal on your farm.


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Or do you live near Carbondale? Maybe it was an Abominable Swamp Slob, though they appear to be too big to squeeze under a truck.


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After reviewing the sounds of every animal that lives in my region, I am certain it was a Bobcat.  Which makes my decision not to poke my nose under my truck a pretty good one.

Hi James

I hope this doesn’t offend, but this is just much too funny.  I ran into someone from Enfield today.  So, I asked her about the Enfield Horror.   I thought she was going to die laughing.  It seems she was in the 7 th grade when the story broke.  It seems the news media, which swamped this tiny community, made a critical error in their reporting.  

You see, her story is that a woman who worked the night shift came home early. Well, her husband’s temporary companion made a fast exit out the bedroom window, running through the bushes and backyards carrying her clothes.....and running past some individual or individuals who were regularly less than sober.   Well the term used was not the Enfield Horror.  The second word began with a W.  

I need to add, the media stated there were 2 people who saw it. Maybe. What important is that one was a young boy who later admitted he didn’t see it. He wanted to be in on the story he had overheard the adults talking about. Of course, he thought he had heard the word Horror.

Of course, once the news media showed, the locals played them like a fish.

Anyway, this is the version I heard from the lady from Enfield I spoke to today.

And, to tie in a post I took down earlier to this one, if the Enfield Horror was under my truck growling, my wife doesn’t need to know about it.