“The Cliffs at Battery Pointe” (AUDIO)

A cryptid tale read on CREEPY Podcast

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Now what happened happened a long time ago and I’m only telling you now because your mom told me she knows you played near the cliffs last weekend. I told her to keep you away. I said it’s because the terrain isn’t stable, that the plant life there has shallow roots and you’re liable to tumble right off with nothing to grip onto if you slip near the edge.

The same things I told her when she was a girl, when I wouldn’t let her play near them. I said I’d tan her hide if I found out she was playing there and good thing she believed me because I’da had the switch ready.

And you better not think I wouldn’t raise a hand to you because you’re my only grandson. I’d do it because you’re my only grandson.

And all that stuff about the shifting ground and shallow-root plants is true but it’s not the only reason you’ve got to keep away from there.

Are you listening to me? Put that damn phone down.

I didn’t tell your mom this part. Keep it a secret. She already wants to put me in a home—never mind that I still do just fine, even with your grandpa gone. But she wants to and if she heard this story she’d have me packed up and sent off before the weekend.

So I didn’t tell her because she was a good girl who listened but I’m telling you because you’re a brash, stupid boy.

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For the rest of the tale, go to CREEPY Podcast; it’s the bonus story alongside “Downpour,” released June 11, 2023.