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Like Nothing Seen Before
Black fur, a monkey-like face, clawed feet, a twelve foot wingspan, five feet tall, eerie feminine features, bloated, a dark complexion, long hair, long teeth, long fingernails, indigo eyes… There was nothing natural about this creature. Of course, to believe the sightings was absolutely ludicrous but given the things Lee and his friends had seen on missions they couldn't be too sure.
"It is absurd!" exclaimed Basil in Lee's living room as he read the newspaper headline.
"Giant Bat Chases Couple."
Lee could only sit in an armchair and listen. Basil had said the same thing four times now. Basil's repeat of the same three words was getting them nowhere. Basil was about to utter those three words for a fifth time when Tina spoke.
"What do you think, Basil?" asked Tina.
"It sounds like an amalgamation of a cave demon, a vampire and a strigoi!" exclaimed Basil. "It is—"
"Absurd?" asked Lee in a snarky manner.
"Indeed it is! This sounds like a plot to a bad American cartoon!" exclaimed Basil.
"There are a lot of those, Basil." Commented Tina.
"Basil, where exactly would those three things you said this one is a combination of take shelter?" asked Lee.
"Well, the Athol lives in the rainforest of Java but there is no specific lair given for it." Began Basil. "And the Orang-Bati roosts in a dead volcano… A normal vampire would reside in their grave… But strigoi? There were believed to be the spirits of deceased people who led troubled lives so they might reside in their graves as well. There are rainforests in Canada, temperate of course, but they are not in Ontario and we know there are no volcanoes in Canada. So I guess caves and cemeteries are it…"
"Guess we start at cemeteries then." Said Lee.