The Sighting by Joyann Dwire

Author:Joyann Dwire
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Highlights for Children, Inc.
Published: 2015-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

It was a howl, a growl, a moan, and a scream all wrapped into one.

The squeal made him jump straight into the air. It was just as Mr. McAfree had described it—a howl, a growl, a moan, and a scream all wrapped into one.

Then the worst happened. The creature started crashing through the trees right toward them.

“Run!” Eddie yelled.

Cathie had already abandoned Marie and was running as fast as she could down the road. Eddie soon caught up to her. He was sure the thing was snapping oak trees in half as it came, but he didn’t look back until they reached a curve in the road.

Then he suddenly remembered Marie and grabbed Cathie’s arm. They stopped and turned. Marie was nearly paralyzed with fear as she stumbled down the road toward them and waved her arms wildly.

“Help me!” she cried in a feeble voice.

Cathie and Eddie looked at each other. They had to go back.

The noises were fading away as Cathie and Eddie ran back. Each one grabbed an arm and practically dragged Marie down the road.

When there was no sign of pursuit they slowed down, but none of them spoke. They walked home quietly, each convinced that they’d had an encounter with Bigfoot.

When they reached their driveway they noticed Mr. King’s pickup. He was standing by the corncrib talking to Dad. They tried to slip into the house unnoticed, but Dad motioned for them to come over. Reluctantly they obeyed.

“Were you kids walking up by the dam?” he asked.

They nodded slowly.

“You didn’t see anything up there, did you?” Mr. King asked.

Eddie glanced at his sisters. Neither of them looked willing to reply, so he squared his shoulders and spoke up.

“Um, like what?”

“My prize pig broke out of the barn two days ago,” Mr. King said. “You wouldn’t think a six-hundred-pound boar would be so hard to find, but no one seems to have seen him.”

Dad laughed. “Maybe you should go see Fred McAfree. Something tells me he saw your pig.”

He glanced toward the kids, almost as though he knew what had happened. Cathie smiled lamely.

“How silly,” she said. “Who could mistake a pig for Bigfoot?”

Marie jabbed her with an elbow.

Dad cocked an eyebrow. “Who said anything about Bigfoot?”

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