Every other year Mountain men fear to venture
out into the wilderness come a full moon
in the first and second week's of September
for it is said it was at this time 150 year's ago
that two Fur Trapper's ventured into the vally
seeing a family of Beaver's and otter's
and Racoon's a plenty dwelt with out fear
untouched by a cruel World were man kind dwelt.
The sudden apperence of these strange creature's
that they came to know as Man,caused nothing more
that a curious interest by all that dwelt within
this Tranquil vally,but soon the carnage began,
and this Creature previously unknown to all that
dwelt in the vally soon became an object of fear,
and death became a by word as the blood of the fallen
stained the pure water's that flowed down the vally
and into the Beaver pool.
Soon the corp's of those that had met a cruel end
minus the fur that once adorned their bodies
lay rotting in the Forests,not even the Wolf nor
the Mighty Grisley Bear were safe from this murderous
assult by man,and the pelts of the fallen grew ever
higher in the camp of the Man Beast.
Soon the air turned colder,and the scent of the encrotching
winter grew ever stronger,and the man Beast broke camp
and loaded up the pelt's of those they had murdered
by cruel mean's of steel jaw's and hoop's of wire
and the fire stick's that cracked like thunder
that brought pain and death,and some time's a lingering death
soon winter came and peace again filled the vally
but many who once share this peace were not now there,
and missed by all who had managed to avoid those steel jaw's
of Death and capitation at the hands of the Man Beast.
Winter came and went,spring to and Summer,soon Winter again
came and went,spring to was peace full time,but then as
Summer came the bird's of the Forest who ventured far and
wide came with chilling story's of the Man Beasts return
to the vally,only now there were many more of them.
And soon those steel jaw's of death again began to take their
toll,and once again fear swept the vally that once only knew
a peace,death again became the norm in the vally,but then
at the end of August as September approched,some thing
different was in the air,an unexplained feeling filled
the very air,a feeling felt by all even the man Beast
felt some thing was amiss,and the night air was filled
with the cry's of pain,the howl of the wolf the Roar of
the Bear,the scream of the Beaver,Racoon,otter, and all
manner of creatures echoed around the vally and all the
howl's and scream's were as if in great pain.The Man Beast
built up their fire's and held their fire stick's tightly
it was obvious that they had become unnerved by all this
activity that they could not explain,then one night eye's
many eye's were seen by the man Beast pairing out of the
Forrest surrounding the Man Beast's camp,but come the dawn
no evidence or track was ever found.
Even the the Creature's of the forrest could not explain
what was happening,so they just lay low and observed
the obvious fear that the Man Beast began to exibit,
August came to an end and September began,and so to did
that which became the thing that made those that called
them self's Mountain Men,fear to this day,as one by one
a Man Beast went missing and only his ear splitting
Terrorfied cry's were heard by the rest of the Man Beast
pack,and come the dawn those that had gone missing during
the night were found,minus their skin's laying amoung
the leave's and moss of the Forrest,night after night
another met this same unexplained fate,all had rent the air
with their scream's of pain and Terror,all were found laying
in the Forrest undergrowth,and all were minus their very skin's.
by the second week those that remained hurriedly packed up
their camp left the pelts that they had came for in the first
place and high tailed it away as fast as they could from the
vally which in later year's became known as a place to avoid
by all Mountain men to this very day,and all the wild life
that dwelt within that vally once again knew a peace.
Written by Beaver12 26/10/13
