Do news stories ever remind you of Stephen King? Alexis Shaw's artile, "Dark Sheen on Lake Michigan a 'Strange Phenomenon,' (HERE) reminds me of Stephen King's story The Raft. In The Raft, a strange blob in the water turns out to be a sea creature.
Get this from Shaw's article, "Officials remain baffled as to how a dark, slick substance that forced dozens of swimmers out of the water at a northwest Indiana beach mysteriously vanished." and, "They checked the beach, and they can't find any evidence of it."
Shaw cites Porter Fire Department Deputy Chief Jay Craig who said that the lake water looked "slick with what appeared to be oil. Upon further inspection, the substance was a gun-metal gray with metal flakes in it." And then this line (it's great), "Craig said you could tell how deep someone had been in the water depending on where their bodies were stained with the dark residue."
A conservation officer said she was "completely baffled" and Indiana Dunes State Park Manager said that in eight years they had never had to close the water because of "an unknown substance like this."
Do news stories ever make you think of tales from Mr. King? Tell me. . .
I don't think I've ever run across a story that reminded me of something out of Stephen King.
ReplyDeleteThe closest headline I know of that even comes close is the news of JFK.
That said, here's a priceless memoir of something that happened to King in real life.
Here's Stephen King on clowns:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P61KghCuQcU