That Strange Nebraskan Grove
Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2023 1:51 pm
It came from the sky! That was what Sean Peters said about the anomaly that landed just outside of his small farm in Nebraska. He was already dealing with enough stress after the incident with his eldest son and the tractor when a glowing thing crashed into the woods beyond the corn. If that wasn't strange enough on its, it started to grow a -- well, Mr. Peters had assumed it was
some kind of plantlife, but not like anything he had ever seen. It had grown aggressively within the woods, and local authorities were stumped. It wasn't long before people in town were mumbling speculation amongst themselves.
The news was on it the following morning, though no one dared ventured into the... well, they called it the 'strange grove', and one look at it would explain why. The trees were twisted things, more winding and bluer than you'd generally find, with heavy, drooping leaves, the mushrooms were all aglow, and some of those fruits were definitely moving. Sean Peters never was one for talking
with the media, but... "Now, my son [Son of Farmer] went to take a look and comes back screamin' and spittin' out leaves like he's been possessed by the dang spirit of Captain Planet himself. There's somethin' out there. That's what he said, somethin' other'n all the weird trees practically growin' in my backyard. What's all this gonna do to my crops?"
As it turned out, "Son of Farmer" was an avid fan of all things weird -- but from afar. When he started vomiting leaves, that was a bit much, so he went to his favorite message board and started posting about the incident against the direct orders of his father. Teenagers, right? Either way, word about the strange grove soon spread within a certain group of individuals who were into supposed supernatural happenings, UFOs, and all that. You know, nerds. But much to "Son of Farmer's" dismay, he was mostly met with Lots and Lots of claims of "fake" and "hoax", among others.
Luckily for him, he had thought to take pictures of the incident -- not just him vomiting leaves, but the grove itself, with its strange, unidentifiable plants and fungi, and had the presence of mind, or perhaps lack thereof, to upload them to the world wide web,
some kind of plantlife, but not like anything he had ever seen. It had grown aggressively within the woods, and local authorities were stumped. It wasn't long before people in town were mumbling speculation amongst themselves.
The news was on it the following morning, though no one dared ventured into the... well, they called it the 'strange grove', and one look at it would explain why. The trees were twisted things, more winding and bluer than you'd generally find, with heavy, drooping leaves, the mushrooms were all aglow, and some of those fruits were definitely moving. Sean Peters never was one for talking
with the media, but... "Now, my son [Son of Farmer] went to take a look and comes back screamin' and spittin' out leaves like he's been possessed by the dang spirit of Captain Planet himself. There's somethin' out there. That's what he said, somethin' other'n all the weird trees practically growin' in my backyard. What's all this gonna do to my crops?"
As it turned out, "Son of Farmer" was an avid fan of all things weird -- but from afar. When he started vomiting leaves, that was a bit much, so he went to his favorite message board and started posting about the incident against the direct orders of his father. Teenagers, right? Either way, word about the strange grove soon spread within a certain group of individuals who were into supposed supernatural happenings, UFOs, and all that. You know, nerds. But much to "Son of Farmer's" dismay, he was mostly met with Lots and Lots of claims of "fake" and "hoax", among others.
Luckily for him, he had thought to take pictures of the incident -- not just him vomiting leaves, but the grove itself, with its strange, unidentifiable plants and fungi, and had the presence of mind, or perhaps lack thereof, to upload them to the world wide web,