Part 28: The Florida Legend

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We get in the cars and go. We arrive at the library.

"Hi, do you have anything on The Florida Legend?" I ask.

"Back there." The librarian said pointing.

"Thanks." I say.

I ran and looked. I grabbed the exact book I needed.

"The Florida Legend. Nobody knows what it truly is, but it's said to be a monster that stalks the wooded areas of Florida and take people. Completely brainwashing them, and leaving them for dead." Clay says.

Karl looked lost. Clay opened the book.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚊 𝙻𝚎𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚜 "𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚛" 𝚒𝚜 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚠𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚒𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚏 " 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚛" 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎.

𝙽𝚘𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚝, 𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙱𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝, 𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙾𝚛𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘, 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎, 𝚘𝚛 𝙼𝚒𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 2007. 𝙸𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚜  𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢, 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝙸𝚝𝚜 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚢 2015, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 6,000 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚊.

"Karl." Niki says.

"What?" He asks.

"That was it. It hasn't been sighted in Orlando since 2007. It's 2022 now." Niki said.

"If that's the case, then we have to report it." Minx says.

"Do you remember what it looked like Karl?" Drista asked.

"Yeah a little. It was this big, tall, black figure. It had claws, I think, but they were literally made out of solid bone. Like concrete almost. It had a blood-red shade eye color. It fucked up my vision every time it looked at me." He said.

"Did he see the picture?" I ask, shook.

"No." Everyone says.

"Karl...That's exactly what it was." I say, even more shook.

"No way." He said.

"We have to report this!" Niki says.

"On it!" I say.

"911, what's your emergency?" The dispatcher asked.

I gave my phone to Karl.

"I need to report a sighting of The Brainteaser." He said.

"What did it look like?" She asked, serious.

"It was tall, and black. Had claws made of bones, and blood-red eyes. I lost my vision every time it looked at me." Karl said.

"Thanks for reporting this sighting sir, we will get it on the news as soon as possible." She said.

"Thank you." He said.

He hung up, and gave my phone back.

"Wait a minute." I say.

"Huh?" Karl looks at me.

"Niki. What was chasing you the night we were playing truth or dare?" I ask.

She tried to remember what it looked like.

"Oh my god." She said.

"What?" I said.

"That was it." She said.

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