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during the course of events he had lost his hat, and now his shaggy blond crop of hair only added to the overall impression of disarray. |
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Kendall had his foot propped up on a crate of apples, supporting his clipboard on his knee. He busied himself filling out a ponderous sheath of reports. From where I stood, it looked as though the sergeant had a long way to go before he was done. |
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To my surprise, B.C. had lingered longer than anyone else in the huge walk-in refrigerator, fascinated by the carcass of the beast. She had already used up one pad and had left the beast just long enough to venture out in the store to find another. In addition to my trusty little Canon AF35, she had relied on Madden's tape measure. She emerged from the cooler the second time just long enough to announce that the film and measurement records were complete. |
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As for the creature itself, the measurements were, to say the least, surprisingif not a bit of a revelation. It measured 62 inches from the top of its ugly bulbous head to the soles of its clawlike feet. The head alone was 34 inches in circumference, 24 inches at the neck and 47 inches at its girth. Despite all this, there was a general overall impression of shapelessness. |
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The arms or top appendages were likewise 62 inches in expanse, muscled up close to the shoulder with almost whiplike fore- |
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