Gracie walked into the back room and said, “Sorry
to interrupt.” Al said, “That’s fine, Jimmy, and I were just getting done back
here, been talking a while. What’s up?” Gracie said, “I was writing down some information
when you came in. We had another message on the answering machine. Kind of like
the one back a while ago. Remember, somebody saw a person escorted down by the
water. It seems like it happened again. This one is different, in a way.”
Al looked puzzled as Gracie continued. “The message
was from a man, said he was a fisherman. Seems like he was on one side of the
river, and he watched an outdoorsy type guy escort an old lady down to the
water. He swears they got into a western style float boat and headed across the
river. He said they were floating past him, about a hundred yards out. Said his view was blocked by some cedars, and
he swears it was only for a moment, and the boat disappeared. He thought he
might have lost them in the trees, but he’s pretty sure he didn’t.”
Jimmy sat quietly listening to Gracie. When she was
finished, he seemed nervous. Al picked up on it, and asked. “What’s the
matter Jimmy?” In a nervous voice, Jimmy responded, “Been strange things goin
on around that river for as long as I can remember. You know the talk, goes way
back, even to the times of the native folks. There is something strange bout
that river.” Gracie walked over to Jimmy and put her hand on his shoulder,
saying, “You don’t believe all that do you?”
“You know,” she said, “This is the kind of stuff
Ray lived for.” Al told her that the story seemed more mysterious than the
previous. But, he wasn’t sure that there was anything worth looking into. She
agreed and told him that she would keep the information and if something else
came up, they should look into it. Gracie went back to the office area and put
the note up on her board.
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