Your True Tales
January 2005 – Page 24

The Thing
by Nadia Schlicher

This is a true story and it gives my chills every time I think about it. It was about 8:00 p.m. and it was my turn to check the cattle. I went to the barn and grabbed my horse. I decide to ride bareback because I didn't want to take the time and saddle him up.

I rode where the cattle were and started to count them. I heard a loud scream that made the cattle scatter. I chased the cattle toward the barn because I didn't want them to be out there with that thing. As soon as I got the cattle to the barn, I heard the scream again. I decide to go back up the hill where I first heard the noise. And that's when I saw red glowing eyes looking straight at me.

I took off running. I decided to chase it with my horse. That thing could outrun my horse! I was so scared I decided to go back to the cattle barn where I had my gun. I grabbed it and ran my horse up to the hill. My horse froze. He would not go at all. He wanted to go back to the barn, but I wouldn't let him.

The thing came after me. I shot it. It made a loud, horrible scream and ran off. Pa and my sisters came running out after they heard the gunshot. I ran my horse back to the house and told pa that there was something out there and I didn't know what it was and I shot it.

The next morning pa, my sisters and I went searching for it. I was at the top of the hill were I shot it. Green slime was on the ground. We followed the trail of green slime, but there was no sign of the thing. I'm afraid to go outside at night and I'm afraid to sleep with the lights off.

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