Ale was driving along the freeway one gloomy night, heading from his house to somewhere else and heading fast! The radio was jammin’, it was LOUD, the beat was groovin’ and Ale was “car dancing” in his seat as he drove. The song was a good one and he shut his eyes for a second when the guitar solo began, hands off the steering wheel as Ale strummed along on air guitar, oh yeah, baby… THUMP THUMP
WHAT THE FRICK WAS THAT?? His eyes popped open as he felt his whole car pass over what seemed a HUGE object in the road and he grabbed the wheel in pure fright, steadying his car and pulled over to the side of the freeway. His heart was thudding in his chest so he took a few deep breaths to calm himself before getting out to see what the heck he’d hit. He looked out the driver-side window and saw… nothing. Huh?
Out the car door he went, leaving it open just in case someone needed help. He could not imagine what it might be but he’d felt something massive under his tires and he was still wary. Walking out behind his car and into the roadway, he looked around and still saw… nothing. Scratching his head in bemused but wary confusion, he started back toward his open car when all of a sudden a huge, black shape came winging down at him WHOOSH! from the dark and dreary night sky!
Ale fell as the THING flew up and past him, it’s darkness blacker than the blackness of the sky and saw it turning back on him! WTF, his mind stuttered in shock and he looked up, hunched over protectively as the THING flew over him again with a huge WHOOSHING noise like a hundred fans all going at once. It was BIG, this THING and he scrambled to his feet, heading back to the safety of his vehicle. Ale could feel the massive shape looming over him as he ran and he screamed out in pure terror as from out of the darkness, clawed hands snatched him from the earth!
He soared away from terra firma, mind babbling with unspoken horror, his body rigid with fear. He watched his car getting smaller and smaller in his vision, the freeway becoming a set of lines, thinning out as he rose. The black gloom of the sky pervaded his every sense, except for his nose. All he could smell was an overpowering, animalistic musk that made him want to gag. It made his brain foggy and he began to drool as he flew in the THING’s grasp. The sky and earth turned, zooming and spinning, his sense of direction skewed beyond any sort of coherent comprehension. Closing his eyes without conscious thought, his body went limp as the THING flew higher into the blackness…
“Family and friends continue to keep up the search for the whereabouts of the young man who, on deciding to leave his home last Wednesday evening to go out for a casual drive, has since never returned. No phone calls, no letters, no hints at all where Ale might have gone. The family is asking for any and all help or information in this matter…”