Stiff-Legged Bear

By Dan Absalonson

A SHORT STORY WHERE DUDES FIGHT AN ELEPHANT SIZED BEAR MONSTER

Luke's brother Cody went missing four years ago. The police couldn’t find him. Neither could search and rescue. Everyone believed he got lost or died in an accident in the woods. Years later Luke thinks he found something to prove what happened. Maybe Cody had been right all along. Maybe the mythological monster was real. Luke and his buddy Nick travel deeper into the woods to find out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dan Absalonson
• Release date: Jul 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370783731

Dan Absalonson

Dan first started writing stories in elementary school, where he and a friend would skip lunch and recess once a month to eat in the library while hearing all about the new books on the shelves. His love for reading, as with visual art and music, has now extended into creating his own fiction. He is also a huge fan of podcasting, and all of his stories are available for free in audio. He works as a digital artist and lives in Washington state with his beautiful family of five. Learn more at www.DanDanTheArtMan.com

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The Stiff-Legged Bear

A Short Story © 2017 Dan Absalonson

Published by Dan Absalonson at Smashwords

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Most people think it's weird that I go camping in the woods my brother Cody died in, but it's the best way I have of remembering him. He went missing four years ago. We still don't know what happened to him. Sometimes it turns out the most unbelievable stories are the true ones.

Every year, around the weekend of his death, I camp in those woods to be in the place he loved most. It's where I feel closest to him. His empty grave has never brought me any comfort or closure.

I had just finished my coffee and was going to take a leak when I stepped over it. The biggest footprint of any kind I had ever stumbled across. It looked like it belonged to a bear, but I thought it was way too big for that. I called my buddy Nick right away. He hunts bears.

Hey Luke. What's up man?

Dude. I think Cody was right. How big is a normal bear paw print?

What are you talking about? Where are you? I can barely hear you.

Yeah I have a weak signal out here. I'm in the woods camping out.

"Is it that time of year again