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Message no. 1
From: BigDaddy <bigdaddy@*****.COM>
Subject: What is this??????
Date: Sun, 17 May 1998 12:14:13 -0400
>>>>[ Attention all those out in shadowland. A lil help with iding this
"thing" i just geeked. A lil background info for ya's. Caught up to it on one
of my many forays around town. Tracked it after it grabbed a ganger and headed down a
large shaft appox. 6ft wide. After chasing it down the shaft we encounter a mess and
well... ill let it speak for itself.

+++++ Begin trideo BDInc.AVI


Voice 1: Is that damn cam on yet?

Voice 2: Yeah its on damn your ugly, there bud.
(Camera pans to a larger troll, arms bare with obvious "enhancements" to
his body)

BigDaddy: Shut your hole ya see it go down?

Voice 2: Yeah i did mp's buring lets go

(Camera zooms to a hole in a dark back alley as something large crawls
down the hole)

BigDaddy: Bugger was big, did ya see who he grabbed?

Voice 2: No but he wasn't happy. You going down after?

BigDaddy: Your damn right! Ain't nothing like that coming up into my
toilet at nite.

(Camera zooms down the hole a 45 degree slope with what looks to be
heading down into the sewers. A male voice is heard screaming then a
loud crunch is heard.)

Bigdaddy: Bugger's snackin' down down down. Just like the ole drills
we did in the pro's eh?

Voice 2: Your the ex-pro. I'm still in good shape ole man.

(Camera shows the large troll heading down the hole sliding down the
hole with a Ares II pulled, minitues pass by and the camera is jolted)

BigDaddy: Can your cam get this? Ya see this? blood oohhh damn look!
His arm looks torn off? What is this thing?

Voice 2: Don't know don't want to know. What is this stuff dripping
down???

BigDaddy: Looks like some fiber all white and stuff. Never seen
any this thick kinda like webbing but tougher. Quiet we got
movement 10 yards ahead. Going thermal.

(Camera view switches to dark thermal images. Red and blue emminate from
the troll. The "strands" eminate blue with small splotches of red. The
dark water is green with blue floating debris)

BigDaddy: Quiet. No sound. Just pull a cross-slant to the goalpost on
3. Go.

(Camera watches the troll head off on a diagonal then moves forward
mimicking the troll put in on the oppisite side of the embankment. The
troll signals for a stop and points. Camera turns. Focus's for a second
on a large object red and green speckle it. Red lines are shooting out
of something its "eating". It's long legs and bulbous body are hunched
over. Six legs are helping it stand while two are forcing the pieces of
what appears to be the remains of the ganger into its jaws. Suddenly the
creature turns. Bright light appears. The screen goes white.)

BigDaddy: Bugger is hot! Go back. Pull back. Sucker is hot glowing!!!!


(Sound of gunfire. A unearthly roar eminates in front of the camera. And
a splash is heard. More gunfire and water appears on the camera. Screams
continue. Camera bumps and jumps skipping into and out of the water.)

BigDaddy: D*mn critter. Stay back stay back!!!!!

(Camera shows the city nite approaching at breakneck speed. White and
red strands dangle in front of the camera. The lens shatters and is
turned on its side looking sideways at the hole. The troll emerges with
a grenade it his mouth. More rounds are fired from his pistol as he
escapes the hole. Green ooze dripping from his leg. The troll pulls the
pin out with his teeth and toss it down the chute.)

BigDaddy: Suck this down!

(Camera is picked up and is bobbing up and down as the troll moves at
breakneck speed from the hole. A large explosion eminates from the hole
as the grenade detonates.)

BigDaddy: Docwagon.....D*mn button around here somewhere.......

(Camera is dropped and blocked by something black. Sirens are heard in
the distant.)

+++++ end trideo

A lil synopisis at the end as the camera doesn't get everything. My
best bud got torn apart by this thing. Threw up so bright thermal screen
or seomthing. Then proceeded to rip into him. I manged to grab the
camera and fire off some rounds as it was going after him. That camera
was his life. I thought it would be a fitting reminder if it got out.
After i climbed that hole the sucker bit me and Ichucked the camera out.
I fired off some more rounds and it slowed down a lil, bullets hurt it.
Not much but enough to keep it from advancing any faster than it was.
D*mn it moved like a bolt o' lightning! After i sealed that hole off, I
moved across the street. I felt dizzy and weak. Chills overcame me. I
fired off that Docwagon button, and last thing I know is i wake up with
the docs handing me the camera saying the typical "I don't know why your
still alive but you are". If anyone has seen one of these critters in
action or anything let me know. I can be reached at >>Encrypted<< or at
Perry's sports bar in downtown Chicago. ]<<<<<

--BigDaddy <12:13:40/05-17-59>

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