Al introduced himself, and asked, “What can I help you with?” As Al was listening,
he stretched out the phone cord as far as possible and waved for Gracie to come
over. “Sir,” Al said, “I’m going to put you on speaker phone. Is that okay?” The
voice on the other end said, “That is fine with me.”
“Okay,” Al said, “Let’s start over. I introduced myself. What is your name?
What is going on?” Through the speaker phone, “My name is Charles. I am a
dentist in a small town north of Eagle Ridge. I fish the river at least once a
week. For the past few weeks I’ve been fishing just downstream from a small
restaurant, River’s Edge Diner, I think that is the name. Last week I thought I
saw something strange. Today I was at the same spot, and I swear that what I’m going
to tell you is the truth.”
Al interrupted, “Excuse me Charles; Is it okay for me to take notes while
we talk?” “Sure that’s alright,” Charles said, “You are going to think I’m
nuts, so what’s the difference.” Gracie spoke up, “Sir, we are not judging, we
want to hear your story.” “Well okay,” Charles continued, “I was at the same
spot this morning. And again, I saw this fellow walk down to the river with a
man who looked about middle age. They got into the same guide boat I saw last
week. They headed across the river and caught the current heading my way. About
a hundred yards away….you’re not gonna believe me. The darn boat started to
sparkle, like stars were exploding from it, and then they were gone, vanished, and
the boat with them.”
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