I STILL HAVE BAD DREAMS

by STIDHAM
(GEORGIA)

I LIVED IN NANTY GLO PA. FOR THE BETTER PART OF MY LIFE, UNTIL 1999, I MOVED AWAY. BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET THE NIGHT A BUNCH OF US KIDS DECIDED TO PARTY IN A GRAVE YARD ON CARDIFF ROAD. I WAS SITTING ON A STONE WALL THAT WENT AROUND THE STATUE OF JESUS, EVERYBODY WAS LAUGHING HAVING A GOOD OLD TIME WHEN I CAUGHT A LIGHT OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE. I LOOKED UP, THERE WAS A SHADOW OF A MAN CARRYING A LANTERN. HE WAS ALL BLACK, THE LIGHT FROM THE LANTERN WAS DULL BUT AS HE GOT CLOSER I NOTICED THE LIGHT GOT BRIGHTER HE HAD NO FACE, NO HANDS, NO FEET, BUT I FELT HIM WATCHING US. I TURNED TO MY BEST FRIEND AND TOLD HER TO LOOK, MY FRIEND STARTED SCREAMING SAYING SOMEONE IS PULLING HER HAIR. IT DID LOOK LIKE SOMEONE HAD HOLD OF HER HAIR. YOU COULD HEAR WHISPERS, STAY HERE STAY HERE.. I STARTED SCREAMING BECAUSE THE SHADOW WAS GONE IN A FLASH, BUT BY THEN I NOTICED THAT THE STATUE OF JESUS MOVING HIS FACE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS IN PAIN. I HEARD A MAN SCREAM. WE ALL JUMPED IN OUR CARS TOOK OFF. I WAS IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WITH A FRIEND, WE BOTH LOOKED UP WE SEEN SEVERAL DARK FIGURES LOOKING AT US. I YELLED, FASTER DONNIE, TO MY FRIEND.

NOW KEEP IN MIND WE DIDN'T DRINK AND WE DIDN'T DO DRUGS AND NONE OF US PULLED ANY PRANKS. I STARTED TO HAVE BAD DREAMS AND I STILL HAVE THE DREAMS OVER AND OVER. IT'S 2008 NOW AND THE FACES I CANT FORGET NOR WHY WE WERE ATTACKED AND THAT I HOPE TO NEVER EXPERIENCE AGAIN....