CLOUDY DAY
This story was told to me by a friend of a friend.
The day was a dark and cloudy day in mid autumn. It had one of those eerie feelings. The kind that makes your hair stand up on the back of your neck.It was the kind of day that you just want to stay inside, with the doors locked and the curtains closed.
Unfortunately, Sheila had things to do. Her elderly mother needed her to run errands for her and she also needed to pick a few things up for herself.She sighed and bundled up to go out and face the creepy day.
As she was driving to her mother's house she noticed the lack of cars on the road. She chalked it up to the weird day and tried to pay it no mind. However, there was the niggling feeling in the back of her mind that this was just not normal.
She got to her mother's house and let herself in through the side door, like always. Usually, her mother's chihuahua ran yapping, ready to attack, but he was nowhere to be seen, or heard. Very strange, Sheila thought. She walked through the house, calling for her mother. No response. Her mother was nowhere in the house.
She decided to walk to the neighbor's house and ask them if they had seen her mother leave with anyone today. She rang the doorbell five times, there was no answer.
She noticed how quiet the neighborhood was. She also noticed that the eery light of the day had taken on a strange, yellowish glow.
Sheila felt very nervous and started running for her car. That's when she heard the noise. It was a metal on metal screech. It was very loud.Then the strange yellow light disappeared. Sheila heard dogs barking. She saw a few people coming outside to pick up their newspapers.
She went to her mother's house and her mother's annoying little chihuahua greeted her with it's customary disdain. She found her mother sitting at the kitchen table, drinking coffee.
"My, Sheila," she said. "You're early, I didn't expect you until after 10."
Sheila looked at the clock and it was 12 noon.She could not explain what had happened that day. No one realized that anything had gone wrong.
Her mother, who had been healthy, died suddenly three days later. Half of the community, the young and old came down with strange illnesses. Some died.
Sheila still does not know what happened. She doesn't go out on cloudy days anymore. She wonders if maybe she's just a little crazy.
The day was a dark and cloudy day in mid autumn. It had one of those eerie feelings. The kind that makes your hair stand up on the back of your neck.It was the kind of day that you just want to stay inside, with the doors locked and the curtains closed.
Unfortunately, Sheila had things to do. Her elderly mother needed her to run errands for her and she also needed to pick a few things up for herself.She sighed and bundled up to go out and face the creepy day.
As she was driving to her mother's house she noticed the lack of cars on the road. She chalked it up to the weird day and tried to pay it no mind. However, there was the niggling feeling in the back of her mind that this was just not normal.
She got to her mother's house and let herself in through the side door, like always. Usually, her mother's chihuahua ran yapping, ready to attack, but he was nowhere to be seen, or heard. Very strange, Sheila thought. She walked through the house, calling for her mother. No response. Her mother was nowhere in the house.
She decided to walk to the neighbor's house and ask them if they had seen her mother leave with anyone today. She rang the doorbell five times, there was no answer.
She noticed how quiet the neighborhood was. She also noticed that the eery light of the day had taken on a strange, yellowish glow.
Sheila felt very nervous and started running for her car. That's when she heard the noise. It was a metal on metal screech. It was very loud.Then the strange yellow light disappeared. Sheila heard dogs barking. She saw a few people coming outside to pick up their newspapers.
She went to her mother's house and her mother's annoying little chihuahua greeted her with it's customary disdain. She found her mother sitting at the kitchen table, drinking coffee.
"My, Sheila," she said. "You're early, I didn't expect you until after 10."
Sheila looked at the clock and it was 12 noon.She could not explain what had happened that day. No one realized that anything had gone wrong.
Her mother, who had been healthy, died suddenly three days later. Half of the community, the young and old came down with strange illnesses. Some died.
Sheila still does not know what happened. She doesn't go out on cloudy days anymore. She wonders if maybe she's just a little crazy.
By Jessica M Caldwell
