Late one Halloween night a boatman had to deliver some trade good down the Mississippi river, but the fog that had set in that night had caused problems. That said, he had to get the goods to market for the next day and he wasn't going to turn back now. In the distance the boatman saw two lights, he assumed that it was another boat in his direct path, but they shined red. Sounding his alarm the lights came ever closer, and soon the lights were no longer alone, a lone figure stood behind the lights. A figure with claws the size of butcher knives, two of the sharpest rams horns ever seen upon his head, and the tail of some great lizard. The figure crept closer and closer. As the figure came closer it seamed to float on top of the water. The figure moved its grotesque mouth in to what seamed like a smile, showing his small, shark like teeth saying “the Devil rides tonight”.
The apparent Devil's eyes grew even brighter drawing in the boatman’s gaze. With the wave of one of his hands a black and red hole appeared behind the Devil. Guiding the boatman into the hole that had appeared behind the figure. Leaving the boatman never to be seen again. So next time your alone on a creepy Halloween night keep your eyes shut.
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by: Dario Hammond
Hmm....if the boatman was never seen again, how was this story ever told to anybody else.
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