The wild fires had prepared the site, El Nino rains brought the mudslides, and the hillsides gave up some of their secrets. Two skulls and a femur were found by some mountain hikers. The police said they will open their missing persons files. The call came in to the Sheriff’s Station on a quiet Sunday morning. Another hiker had spotted something. The deputy dispatched to the scene called it in, I think this is a job for Animal Control. Yeah, it looks like a tentacle. Wait a minute, it’s moving! The dispatcher heard a muffled scream and then nothing.
Friday Fictioneers is hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Image provided by Connie Gayer.
Notes Tied On The Sagebrush 
Hair raising! My shackles are up. I hope they can deal with the situation.
Lily
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We will have to wait and see….:)
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Omg!!! Love this! Creepy, sci-fi style!!
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Thank You 🙂 ❤
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Eeeew. So glad this is fiction. Nice job.
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Did I say it was fiction…:D Thank You!
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Don’t do that …
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OK. 🙂
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Tentacles coming out of the earth cannot be a good thing…
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No, I don’t think so…:)
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Invasion, love it, so creepy! Well done!
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Thank You very much YR! 🙂
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Ooo… that’s kind of creepy! Well done Deborah! 🙂
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Thank You Courtney. 🙂
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Oh dear. Such a grisly end. Very spooky stuff.
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Thank You, Margaret. 🙂
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It’s not Japanese Knotweed is it? 😉 Scary stuff Deborah. Truly.
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I don’t know but I am not going to hang around to find out 😉 Thank You Sandra. 🙂
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I loved it! I’m on the edge of my seat–great twist at the end. 🙂
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Thank You Tanya! ❤
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Scary story. Great descriptions and imagery in just a few words.
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Thank You. 🙂
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Ohhh, spooky good! 🙂
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Thank You Joy. 🙂
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Creepy scary crawlers.
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Clever story.
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Thank You.
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Oooooo creepy! Love it 😀 but tentacles…. Nooooo I hate tentacles!
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Thank You! Well it looked like a tentacle to me. 😀
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Dear Deborah,
Did you ever see the 80’s sci fi Enemy Mine. This reminds me of a scene from it. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank You Rochelle. I don’t think I did see that one. But I do like Sci-Fi.
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Look it up, it’s one of the best. Wasn’t a great box office hit but worth seeing. With Dennis Quaid and Lou Gossett Jr.
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I will have to check it out. Thanks Rochelle. 🙂
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you got me! i didn’t expect it would end like that! 🙂
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Ha, ha. Glad you liked it. 🙂
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I can just see the dog catcher out there with his little noose on a stick. Ha! That would be entertaining.
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LOL. He would be in for a big surprise. They could have a tug of war. 🙂
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good hook at the end. LOL! loved it.
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Thank You!
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That was a nice and creepy surprise. There I thought it was a crime story, and then… eeek. 😀
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Yes it would make a great crime story based on a LA times report that there really were bones found. But that image looked like a tentacle to me. 🙂
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Reminds me of Tremors.
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LOL. Well I honestly didn’t remember those movies until you mentioned it. Those Tremors movies were crazy and not too bad. 🙂
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🙂
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Looks like the deputy got a little too close to the tentacle. That’s creepy.
Well done, Deborah. 🙂 — Suzanne
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Yes he got too close or it might of crept up on him. Thank You very much, Suzanne. 🙂
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