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lots of noise . . . like stuff breakin'. There was shots and screamin'." |
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"Did you see anything?" Doc interrupted. |
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"It was them," Benny blurted. |
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"All of a sudden I heard one of the men cussin' and then he started to scream. Luke saw it. One of them . . . one of them things had Sergeant Kendall. Luke said he was all bloody. The thing was draggin' Sergeant Kendall by his head. Luke said it just stopped and tore Kendall's head off . . . like he was some sort of a doll or somethin'." |
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"What happened to the rest of the team?" |
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"Luke and me could hear them things growlin' and screamin' . . . screamin' like animals. We saw the bodies of Mr. Hazel and the two Click brothers . . . they was all torn apart." |
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"What about Caleb Hall and Bert John-son?" |
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"We . . . didn't find their bodies . . . but we could hear all . . . all that noise in the fog up ahead of us." |
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"Which way were they headed?" Jake was double-checking. |
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Benny shrugged his shoulders again. "There was so much fog. I . . . I . . . kinda lost track." |
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Benny's eyes suddenly clouded with terror again. Another wave of tears began |
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