THIS STORY CAME FROM MY MAMMY! I WAS QUITE YOUNG WHEN SHE
TOLD ME AND IT HAS STUCK W/ME ALL THESE YRS. YOU KNOW THE
OLD QLICHE' ABOUT BEING GOOD OR THE BOOGIEMAN WILL GET U...
THIS HAPPENED IN THE HILLS OF KENTUCKY WHEN MY GRANDMA WAS
LITTLE. IT HAPPENED TO A BOY WHO LIVED IN THE SAME HOLLER
SHE DID.
HE WAS ALWAYS MEAN TO EVERYONE. VERY SPOILED, AND HE WAS
EVEN MEAN TO HIS OWN MOTHER. HE WOULD THROW ROCKS AT HER.
AND THEY WOULD TELL HIM IF HE DID'NT STAIGHTEN UP HE WOULD
BE SORRY. THE DEVIL WOULD COME AFTER HIM. WELL, ONE DAY HE
DID........................................................
HIS FATHER HAD TOLD HIM TO GO OUT TO THE BARN AND MILK THE
COW. OF COURSE, THE BOY BACKTALKED. AND DID'NT WANT TO DO
IT. FINNALLY, HE WENT ON OUT TO THE BARN. IT WAS GETTING
NEAR DARK AND HE WAS ALMOST TO THE BARN WHEN HE HEARD A LOW
GRUNTING GROWL. HE LOOKED AROUND AND DID'NT SEE ANYTHING AT
FIRST, THEN HE HEARD IT AGAIN, IT WAS COMING FROM THE SIDE
OF THE PATH WHERE HE WAS WALKING, ABOUT 10 FT. FROM HIM. HE
WAS STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS TRYING TO SEE IF HE COULD SEE WHAT IT WAS, WHEN HE NOTICED A BIG BLACK SHAPE HIDDEN AMONG
THE BUSHES. THEN HE SAW TWO RED PIERCING EYES. STARING BACK
AT HIM. HE WAS TOTALLY FREAKED OUT. AND AT FIRST HE WAS SO
SCARED HE COULDN'T MOVE.....WHEN IT GROWLED AGAIN AND MOVED
TOWARD HIM, HE FOUND HIS LEGS AND TOOK OFF IN A FLASH. HE
RAN SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE.
WELL, HIS MOTHER AND FATHER WERE THE FIRST ONES OUT THE
DOOR AND HE RAN RIGHT INTO THEM. HE WAS SO HISTERICAL THEY
COULD BARELY GET HIM TO CALM DOWN. FINNALLY, AFTER A FEW
MINUTES, THEY MADE OUT THAT HE HAD SEEN SOMETHING. HIS DAD
TOOK HIS SHOTGUN, AND WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT IT COULD'VE BEEN. HE NEVER SAW NOR HEARD A THING. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT
EVERYONE THOUGHT, AND THEY TOLD HIM......SEE WHAT HAPPENS
TO BOYS WHO ARE MEAN AND HATEFUL! THEY SAY THE DEVIL CAME
AFTER HIM THAT NIGHT. MY MAMMY SAID SHE REALLY BELIEVED IT
WAS AFTER HIM. AFTER THAT HE WAS THE BEST FRIEND, BROTHER,
SON ETC. U COULD EVER ASK FOR AND FROM THEN ON HE NEVER EVER THREW ROCKS OR DISRESPECTED HIS MOTHER OR FATHER AGAIN. THANX. GOD BLESS!
