The tough part of police work is the late night patrol. When you’re action oriented like me, long dark nights can play games with the mind. Around 1am last night, I came across something very unusual. Now I know what my tactical training tells me (this can not be) but my eyes are saying, look it’s right there in front of you. This is what I found just behind a tool shed at the pipeline site:
To me this looks like a very large footprint. Now I know some of you “civilians” are thinking this is looking very unusual. Well, when its dark and you are the only cop for miles around and you see some big ass footprints like this, it’s scary! I pulled out my tactical flashlight and whistle and dove behind the shed. The only problem was misjudging the distance to the shed in the dark. I slammed into the tool shed in the midst of a Pete Rose-style headfirst dive.
The impact jammed my “combat whistle” down my throat, causing a violent cough to blow through the whistle in my gullet which sounded like a shrill whales cry.
Thankfully the cough caused the whistle to shoot out of my mouth. I quickly realized that whatever was out there now knew my location. I had given away my tactical position. I belly crawled through the grass into a thatch of trees. At this point I heard the first of a series of strange howling sounds. It was not a wolf or a dog but altogether different. Part of me wanted to turn back, but I’m a cop at heart so I pushed a bit further into the trees.
Within minutes I was in the woods and noticed a terribly foul smell. Using my flashlight to look around I noticed the largest pile of feces I had ever seen. The size of the pile made me think for a moment that an elephant might be responsible. But that didn’t fit the footprint.
I tried to block the foul smell out of my mind and slowly walked towards the howling sounds. Two more huge footprints pressed into the dirt for me to follow. A twig snapped just in front of me! The brush had grown thick and visibility was next to nothing. Another twig snapped only a few feet from me. It was now or never. I pushed the button of my flashlight and screamed, “you’re under arrest”!!!
What I saw standing in front of me was shocking…
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