Hello All:
Just a warning to those who have opted to enjoy the ending of summer by venturing to a cottage in the northern woods: This is only an invitation to be abducted by aliens! You see, when people spend time in remote areas, they soon become targets of alien abductions. And when aliens abduct, there's no telling what they might do!
Have a great weekend! And unless you want to be abducted by aliens, don't venture to a cottage in the northern woods!
Camp Alien Abduction
It would be a night of terror
for a family of four who simply stopped at a small campsite for the night while
en route to their next summer vacation destination. It was a peculiar camp site
that offered nothing more than four small log cabins—without bathrooms—that
were nestled into the surrounding forest. There was a main office located up
front at the entrance with in-ground pool behind it for guests to enjoy some
leisurely swimming.
Upon arriving, Father parked the
family van in front of the office. Both he and Mother exited and head for the
building to see if they could stay for the night. To keep the air conditioning
circulating on that hot afternoon; the van was left running with thirteen-year-old
Susan in the backseat, and her ten-year-old little brother, Brian.
"They have a pool!"
pointed little Brian. "I want to go swimming!"
"Me too!" said Susan.
The family had been driving for
over seven hours. It was mid-afternoon, and both kids certainly could have used
some fun and exercise.
"I just want to get out of
this seat and walk around!" complained Susan.
"I have to go pee!"
further added Brian.
Just then, Susan spotted
something creepy behind a nearby tree that she, at first, thought was an
animal. "What the heck is that?" shouted Susan while pointing in the
creature's direction.
Brian looked over just in time
to see its boney-gray face with large, bug-like eyes that stared at the van
before turning and running off. It was then that both kids could see that the
creature had humanoid features with two long and thin legs and matching wiry
arms. It didn't wear clothes. Its skin appeared clay-like and slimy.
The kids screamed in near
terror.
"What was that?" cried
Brian.
"I don't know!" answered
Susan while hyperventilating and holding back the tears.
If the kids didn't know any
better, they could have sworn that the creature was an extra terrestrial from
outer space.
Five minutes later, as Brian and
Susan sat fearful and motionless in the van, Mother and Father returned with
paperwork that apparently served as the agreement to stay at the campground for
the night.
"They have a cabin for
us!" announced Mother upon sitting down in the passenger seat.
"We don't want to stay
here!" cried Susan.
"Well why not?"
challenged Mother.
"We saw something run out
into the woods!" answered Susan.
"Yeah, it was hiding behind
the tree and watching us! Then it ran back into the forest!" added Brian.
"It looked like an
alien!" concluded Susan while nearly in tears.
Father laughed while backing out
of the parking spot. "Alien? Come-on! It was probably just a raccoon or a
deer."
"No, it was walking. It was
gray and slimy."
Father laughed all the harder.
"It looks like you kids need to spend more time outdoors. There are all
kinds of things living in the forest like deer, possum and raccoons. And raccoons
do have an ability to walk on their hind feet. Maybe that’s what you saw. Now
about these cabins; they’re supposed to be really nice with air conditioning
and everything. And as you can see, they have a pool."
"Mom, I have to pee!"
announced little Brian.
"You can go in the woods
once we arrive at the cabin." answered Father. "But hopefully
something doesn't sneak up on you and grab you while you're out there!"
Mother slapped Father.
"Don't scare him like that!"
"They don't have bathrooms
in these log cabins?" asked Susan.
"They have a building,
nearby, with showers and toilets. You can go there if needed." answered
Mother.
"Oh great! So I have to
walk through the dark at night if I want to go to the bathroom."
complained Susan.
Not more than two minutes later,
the van approached the small cabin which sat atop a slight land elevation. From
a distance it looked so isolated... something a bit eerie. The dense forest of
pine trees surrounded the cabin from behind. There was a large, open yard in
front of the cabin that was void of trees. This, obviously, was the place to
make bonfires. The fire pit, after all, was located there.
"It's nice and open."
pointed Father. "Tonight when we sit around the fire and roast weenies, we
can look up at the stars in the sky."
"I bet it's
beautiful." added Mother.
"Where can I go to the
bathroom at?" asked Brian as Father put the van in park.
"I have to go, too."
answered Father. "Come-on, let's find a nearby tree to go."
Father and Brian strolled a short
distance away from the cabin to the surrounding pine trees. There, they found a
couple of trees to pee behind. As Brian relieved himself, he suddenly heard
movement out in the forest. It sounded like people approaching as their feet
stepped on and crunched fallen pinecones or dead branches. Was it the humanoid
creature that he and Susan had seen only moments ago?
"Dad, somebody's
coming!" warned Bryan.
"We're the only people
staying here for the night." reassured Father. "Now like I said;
there are all sorts of animals living out here in the forest. It's probably a
family of deer walking around."
Inside the log cabin, Mother and
Susan set the cooler down in the small kitchenette area.
"Good thing we stopped and
filled the cooler with ice." said Mother. "They didn't have any at
the front office. But this should keep everything cold for the night."
Mother next pointed in the direction of the smaller bedroom. "That will be
the room that you and Brian sleep in tonight."
Susan scuffed over to her and
Brian's room. It was nothing more than two bunk beds and a small window that
faced the woods. It wasn't like she was going to live in the small bedroom
throughout the entire stay. It would certainly do for sleeping. But she was
beginning to hate the wooden paneling on the surrounding walls and ceiling. The
entire log cabin was decorated with this paneling. It had large knots embedded
in it. And when two knots were paired together, it reminded Susan of a pair of
eyes that watched her. And at that very moment, the eyes made her recall the
creepy, humanoid creature that she and Brian had seen several minutes ago. If
that weren't enough, some of these pairs of knots were surrounded by natural
patterns in the wood that looked like grotesque faces... like the faces of extra
terrestrials from outer space! It was almost as-if someone had deliberately
installed this paneling just to disturb people.
"I hate this
paneling!" complained Susan to her Mother. "It looks like a bunch of
eyes watching me."
Just then, Father and Brian
entered the cabin.
"Ah! They have the air
conditioning running for us!" exclaimed Father. Then he suggested,
"Since the front office and pool closes at five o'clock, what do you say
we get in some swimming?"
"YEAH!" cheered Brian.
"Mom, do you have my trunks?"
"It's in the suitcase over
there." pointed Mother.
Father continued, "After
our swim we'll do a nice hike in the forest. By then, we'll be hungry for
dinner and I'll start up the campfire for the night."
Ten minutes later, the family
was in their swimwear. Of course poor Susan had to endure a dozen pair of alien
eyes on the paneling that watched her undress and slip into her bikini. As for
the pool, it was rectangular with diving board at the deep end. Both Susan and
Brian spent about an hour practicing their dives. Towards the end of their
afternoon swim they played with the inflatable toys that were actually flying
saucer rafts and strange, extra terrestrial creatures. Imagine that!
By five o'clock, the family had
been ordered by campsite management to leave the pool because it was closed for
the day. And the same would be said for the front office. For the remainder of
the evening, they would be the only people on the campground.
It was no problem for Mother,
Father, Susan and Brian. They simply moved to phase two of the evening's plan
by going for a nice, family stroll through the pine forest. By then it was late
afternoon and approaching six o'clock. The forest sheltered the family from the
late afternoon sun. The scenery was complete with rolling hills and large
moss-covered boulder that stacked up along the trail. There were peaceful
streams that snaked throughout the woods. And of course they saw cute, little
creatures such as squirrels, chipmunks and bunnies.
But at some point in their
stroll, the family learned that they were not alone. Initially, from a
distance, it looked as though maybe construction crews were doing maintenance
on some of the trails. There was what looked to be heavy machinery from a
distance. But as the family came closer, it was evident that they were looking
at the site of a recently-crashed aircraft.
"Oh my gosh!"
exclaimed Mother. "I wonder if anyone is hurt. We better call 911."
She said this as the family drew closer and closer to the wreckage. Moving
figures which were assumed to be surviving passengers could be seen in a
distance scattering about.
Father quickly pulled out his
phone. "Oh shoot! I don't have service!"
"Not even roam?" asked
Mother.
"Nope..."
"Let me try mine."
said Mother as she removed the phone from her pocket. By now, the family was
close enough to make out features of the surviving passengers. But only Susan
and Brian paid attention to this as Mother and Father struggled with finding
signal for their phones.
From what Susan and Brian could
make of it, there was something terribly wrong with the people near the
wreckage. They weren't human! And they looked, exactly, like the creepy,
humanoid creature that had been seen near the parking lot earlier that
afternoon.
"Oh no!" cried out
Susan. "Mom...? Dad...? I told you there were aliens in this place."
"Honey, what are you
talking about?" asked Father with a note of annoyance. But as he looked
ahead, he could finally see that the aircraft crash was truly
out-of-the-ordinary! "Well what do we have here?" exclaimed Father
with a tone of excited curiosity. "I can't believe it... Kids, do you know
what this is...? This is an alien spaceship that has crashed. We're looking at
aliens from another planet!"
Just then, Mother's cell phone
made a series of strange pulses and noises. Somehow her phone had been set to
speaker mode so that everyone could hear. The pulses and eerie noise were
followed by a strange elf-like chatter.
"I think they are trying to
communicate with us." suggested Mother. "This is so scary. We need to
get out of here."
"No, let's get some
pictures!" urged Father. "No one would ever believe us if we told
them." He quickly approached the wreckage where the frantic extra
terrestrial creatures scattered about."
"Oh, please be careful, Hun!"
called out Mother.
A message loudly came through
Mother's phone. This time it was in clear English. It said, "Warning! You are
about to be taken captive by extra terrestrial beings!"
With that, a large group of
extra terrestrials stormed towards the direction of the family.
Mother, Susan and Bryan let out
bloodcurdling screams before running off in the opposite direction. Father
quickly joined them while shouting, "Run! Run for your lives! They're
serious! They have some kind of ray guns!"
Father was right! No sooner had
he said that, the sounds of high-pitched lasers could be heard that seemed to
ricochet throughout the forest. Nobody dared to look behind them. There was no
telling what would happen if the aliens reached them.
The family huffed and puffed and
ran with all their might until reaching the cabin. By then Bryan and Susan
looked behind them. The extra terrestrials were no longer there.
With blood pumped, sweaty face—huffing
and puffing—Father said, "Well I think we definitely got our exercise in
for today. And I'm starting to get hungry. How about you?"
"We need to get out of
here!" squealed frightened Susan. "They'll just come after us!"
"Good point." agreed
Father while continuing to huff and puff. Let's get in the van and get out of
here."
Once loaded in the van, Father
backed out and took the campsite trail back to the entrance.
But what was this?
"You've got to be kidding
me!" exclaimed Father. "The gate is locked! There's no way out of
here!"
"Dad, smash through the
gate!" suggested Brian.
"No, I'm not going to smash
through the gate!" snapped Father. "They'll only charge us for the
damages in the morning! Do you really think that people will believe us when we
say that aliens were chasing us through the forest? I see it all the time on
TV. Nobody believes reports of aliens."
"What are we going
do?" asked Mother.
"Alright, look..."
began Father. "...Chances are that the aliens only gave us a warning to
stay away. We saw something that we shouldn't have seen, and were a little more
curious than we should have been. I think if we just stay near our cabin and
make our bonfire—cook our weenies and bratwurst for the evening—and then go to
bed; we should be alright. They'll leave us alone."
With that, Father head back to
the cabin. And as promised, there were no extra terrestrials waiting for them.
The early part of the evening
was mostly uneventful as the family sat around the campfire after dinner,
spraying themselves with Deep Woods Off in hopes to prevent the onslaught of mosquitoes.
They had hoped to snack on s'mores for dessert, but Mother forgot to pack
chocolate bars. The family, instead, had to eat roasted marshmallows that were
sandwiched between graham crackers—not a terrible thing, really.
Just before retiring for the
evening, around quarter to eleven, the strange lights in the sky began. They
looked like slow-moving meteors of eerie colors; green, blue and pink streaks
of light that seemed to originate from the sky and then hover in a swirling
fashion around the area where the crashed alien spacecraft was spotted.
"It looks like they were
able to contact the mother ship for help." speculated Father. "I bet
by tomorrow that the wreckage will be all gone; not a trace of it
anywhere."
"This is
unbelievable." stated Mother. "Who would ever expect to see something—experience
something—like this?"
Just then, some movement could
be heard out in the forest.
Susan gasped.
Brian nearly cried, "I'm
scared. I think they're coming for us."
"That might be just a
warning for us to go inside." speculated Father a second time. "I'm
pretty sure they know we are out here, and trying to stay out of their way. But
maybe they need to do something out here that we can't see. Let's die this fire
out and go to bed. Like I said; by morning, they will probably all be gone and
we can get out of here."
Twenty minutes later, as the
family lay in their beds in the cabin; a series of strange noises suddenly
could be heard from Mother's cell phone.
Terrified, both Brian and Susan
scurried into Mother and Father's bedroom. "It's happening
again?"asked Susan.
Then, an audible message that
was just like the one they had received while in the forest that afternoon came
through Mother's phone. It was loud and clear, "Warning! You are about to be abducted by
extra terrestrials!"
Susan and Brian let out
bloodcurdling screams while running about the cabin in search of a place to
hide. All the windows in cabin as well as the microscopic cracks between the
walls let in a bright, green light. There must have been an alien spacecraft
outside. Whoever manned it, must have found where the terrified family was
hiding for the night.
While this happened, there was a
loud knock on the door.
"I better answer
that!" declared Father.
"Daddy, no!" urged
Susan. "It's a trick! It's the aliens!"
"Nah!" argued Father.
"It's probably only camp management. See the lights out there? They
probably drove up here to warn us about the crash out in the woods.”
Father opened the door and
stepped outside. There were several seconds of silence before Father poked his
head in the cabin. "Everyone come outside!"
Mother cautiously escorted Susan
and Brian outside as Father ordered. Standing there were several
alien-appearing creatures with long, thin legs, wiry arms, and large bug-like
eyes. They wore no clothing to cover their gray and slimy skin. There was a
small flying saucer planted in the ground, nearby, with walking plank extended
out. Bright, green lights illuminated the entire area.
"They want to take us
onboard their ship for simple tests." explained Father. "At least
they are being nice. They could have come in the cabin while we were sleeping
and took us by force. They said it will be quick and painless. Come-on..."
invited Father. "Let's get this over with so we can go back to bed."
It was the cue for the several
alien creatures to lead Mother, Father, Susan and Brian onboard the flying
saucer which was nothing more than silver walls, inside, with cushioned seating
that surrounded a middle column. There were two carts with various types of medical
equipment sitting on them.
The family was gestured to sit
down. With everyone finally seated, the alien creatures wasted not a moment in
examining their human subjects. They poked them with strange instruments;
examined their ears and eyes with magnifiers; took small clippings of hair. In
comparison to most alien abduction reports, this one was fairly non-invasive.
But then a small computer screen with cable that seemed to be connected to
Mother's lower abdomen was held out in front of the family. The image appeared
to be that of an ultrasound which yielded a fetus.
"Look at that kids!"
exclaimed Father. "It looks like you will soon have a baby brother in the
near future. But it's going to be a baby alien! The aliens impregnated your
mother!"
It was then that Susan and Brian
could make out the features of a deformed fetus that appeared alien-like.
And that was the end of the
family's terrifying ordeal. They were shuffled off the spaceship and escorted
back to their cabin where Father closed the door and turned off the lights.
"I guess we have nothing
left to be afraid of." pointed Father. "We were abducted by aliens.
We can go to bed, now."
***
The following morning, Father
drove to the front office with family all packed in the van and ready to leave.
But it wasn't necessary to park and go inside. The owner of the camp simply
approached the driver side and asked Father, "Ready to leave?"
"Yes sir!" acknowledged
Father.
"So how was everything?"
probed the owner. "Everything to your liking?"
"Oh, it was spectacular!"
declared Father. "It was everything I could have ever imagined!" With
that he handed the key over.
"Well thanks for
visiting." said the owner. "Come back, again."
As the family drove off, Susan
and Brian noticed—for the first time—the large sign off the highway that read,
"Camp Alien Abduction: close encounter fun for the whole family!" It
gave Susan and Brian something to think about while riding into town for
breakfast. Did Mother and Father play a mean prank on them while on vacation?
The End
