What happens when you put a big city girl from Dallas in a small town like DeRidder Louisiana? Absolutely nothing. But what happens when the small town has a colorful scary secret? They say curiosity killed the cat but they never said it killed a person and from that logic I turned this tedious town into one of the most engrossing towns in Louisiana. Every year my family and I drive six long and enervating hours to our cousin’s house in DeRidder, in a small cube like car, with two large brothers and me in the middle. It felt like we were a family of anchovies getting ready to be shipped off. Our arrival there was a blessing and a nice time to stretch out my calves after it was physically abused by two hairy calves. Nothing is thrilling here in DeRidder it’s basically the Hank Hill of Louisiana, the only thing that could spark my interest is our next destination. The lake.
Miles and miles of fresh water right in front of me, slowly drifting my way telling me to come and explore. I swam to a little piece of land towards the left end of the lake, taking a …show more content…
The scene was beautiful but the feeling was eerie almost like something was watching me. I hear rattling in the trees I look up to see a large emu beak almost about to poke my eyes out I step back to see the large bird with feathers that were the colors of a peacock’s train. I’ve never been more terrified oh wait nevermind, I never been more terrified when a whole flock of emus came out. It was almost like a standoff between us wondering who’s going to make the first move. I pulled out my waterproof phone and took a picture. As an idiot I forgot to turn the flash off and I stand there waiting for their move. Slowly the color red creeps into each inch of their feathers and their light hairs turned machete sharp and looked me in the eye with death on its
Miles and miles of fresh water right in front of me, slowly drifting my way telling me to come and explore. I swam to a little piece of land towards the left end of the lake, taking a …show more content…
The scene was beautiful but the feeling was eerie almost like something was watching me. I hear rattling in the trees I look up to see a large emu beak almost about to poke my eyes out I step back to see the large bird with feathers that were the colors of a peacock’s train. I’ve never been more terrified oh wait nevermind, I never been more terrified when a whole flock of emus came out. It was almost like a standoff between us wondering who’s going to make the first move. I pulled out my waterproof phone and took a picture. As an idiot I forgot to turn the flash off and I stand there waiting for their move. Slowly the color red creeps into each inch of their feathers and their light hairs turned machete sharp and looked me in the eye with death on its