The Horicon Marsh, WI
Bars are humming with stories of unidentified lights in the marsh. Trappers and fisherman are hurrying back to the docks before dark for something new is Lurking in the Swamps of Horicon, WI. It searches for blood perhaps.
Others have begun to say they are lights of local law enforcement trying to locate a creature spotted by a couple of residents. The county sheriff has done his best at keeping the reports quite but reports are more frequent requiring a visit to investigate the latest creature sighting.
Lurking in the Swamp is Horicon Hank
Locals call “The Creature“, “Horicon Hank” for now, cause we don’t know if it is a he/she/it and also don’t even have evidence he/she/it exists… except for the old lady (who could be crazy) and the 3 hunters (who could have been drinking for all I know).
Anyway, very creepy, as these people aren’t given to rumor-mongering.
The swamp is home to creepies and crawlies small rodents. These inhabitants have been dwendling in numbers, perhaps a small snack for Hank.
Lights can be seen moving in the swamp, sometimes the lights are a bright yellow like that of a large firefly. At other times the lights change in midstream into a glowing less bright red.
An unconfirmed account of several teenage boys traveled into the swamp, they thought it might be fun to “see the lights”. They did spot a mysterious light and were hesitant but decided to chase after the lights in one of the boys father’s air boat. They gained ground quickly and were within a few blocks of the lights when the lights just a big flash then flashed off leaving spots in the boys eyes. They heard big splashes and something bumped the boat. Fumbling with the flashlights to get a better view… it was gone.
Returning home shaken up from the events that transpired they now tell the tale of “Horicon Hank”. Although in their account the monster held on to the side of the boat and they shook it off going full throttle. The lights, they speak of the lights so bright almost blinding. Like a camera flash in one’s eyes. This might account to why all they saw was the light itself. The monster shrouded by the bright light it emits.
Needless to say most people no longer venture into the swamp at night as the swamp now belongs to Hank.
Say what you about will about swamp monsters but for me “I still believe”.
User Submitted Story with edits.
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I always had an incling about this creature. Do we know if there are photographs of the “being” that are legible? – Art
TITLE SHOULD READ Horicon Hank the New Creature (Horicon with an “Ho” rather than an “Ha”)
“They did spot a light and where hesitant” SHOULD be “were” instead of “where”
“They gained ground quickly and where within a few blocks” SHOULD be “were” instead of “where”
“Like a camera flash in ones eyes.” SHOULD read “in one’s eyes.”
Otherwise well-written and pretty spooky.
There is only one person that has actually taken a photo of me. I know he is a local that hangs around the marsh all the time. I have not been able to track him down yet, but if I do he best beware cause this is personal now.
que monstro horrivel
qu monstro horripilante
I’ve heard that this monster is the new creature that takes lawn gnomes. and those big inflatable frosty the snowmen… also freshly baked apple pie. I’ve heard stories that people who live by the swamp have reported that there pies where there one second then gone the next. they also did a test and found that the only pie that gets stolen is the apple pie and nothing else no cherry or pumpkin or any thing else only apple.
and also horicon hank is said to steal women’s underwear from clothes lines
It is true my weaknesses are lawn gnomes, big inflatable frosty the snowmen and of course, freshly baked apple pies. But the allegations of me stealing women’s underwear is completely untrue.