Legend of the Desert Bigfoot by Jake Thoene & Luke Thoene

Author:Jake Thoene & Luke Thoene [Thoene, Jake & Thoene, Luke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Christian / Action & Adventure, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General
Publisher: Focus on the Family
Published: 2021-10-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6

THE ORANGE BALL OF THE SUN was just sinking into an onrushing line of heavy clouds as Ben made his way across the parking lot of the Last Chance Diner. He was headed to sentry duty aboard Lady Liberty, and he was clearly not happy. He kept looking over his shoulder toward the coffee shop as if hoping that someone would run after him to tell him he did not have to go through with it. “It isn’t fair,” he muttered to himself. “It just isn’t fair.”

Ben aimed a kick at a Coke can lying on the asphalt. He swung back his foot, kicked mightily at the red aluminum, and sent it skidding across the pavement. As he did this, Mike was catching up to him from the direction of the gas station.

Mike had a rolled-up sleeping bag over one shoulder. “Don’t worry, Ben,” Mike reassured his friend as he caught up. “I brought my sleeping bag. Jake and I will sack out on the floor. If you hear anything or get scared, we’ll be there, and you can just wake me up.”

Ben covered his face with both hands, still not willing to believe what he had gotten into. “It isn’t fair,” he repeated. “It was a setup, that’s what it was!”

As they approached the B-17, they saw Spence and Winnie working outside the plane.

“C’mon, Ben,” Mike encouraged his friend. “It’s not that bad.” Looking to his other friends, he said, “Hey, guys! Show him what you rigged up!”

“This is our low-tech alarm system,” Spence said sheepishly, gesturing to a rope leading from the plane to some garbage cans. “The rope is hooked up to the garbage cans behind the diner and runs around the perimeter of the plane. The bigfoot seems to be looking for food, so he should hit the garbage cans first.”

“Good thinking,” Mike said, patting Spence on the back. “I went camping one time, and I remember that the garbage cans were always the first thing that bears went for.”

The others crowded around to study the low-tech alarm system. Winnie smiled at Spence. “He trips the wire and rings a bell inside.”

Spence nodded, then said to Ben, “Which should, hopefully, wake you up.”

“Sleep?” Ben answered, shocked that anyone could even think it was possible. “With that thing out there? No way!”

Winnie picked up a bundle of blankets and loaded them into Ben’s arms. Spence placed a video camera on top of the pile.

“What’s all this for?” Ben asked.

“Well,” Spence answered, “if you do stay awake, we were hoping you might get that thing on tape.”

“The blankets are in case you get cold,” Winnie chimed in. “There’s supposed to be a storm blowing in tonight.”

Ben shook his head and looked up at the sky. “Perfect,” he muttered.

Suddenly a trash-can lid rattled off, pulling the rope tight, and shaking the bell wildly. The four friends spun around to see what was happening. To their disappointment, it was only Mike’s grandma dumping a load of garbage.

Even though it was a false alarm, the Last Chance Detectives were pleased with the success of the system.

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