An Ontario university student was in the vicinity of a bog at night when he observed a giant slug/leech-looking creature crawling out of the muck. He quickly exits the area.
I received the following account:
"I lived in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada which has many of these little swamps/bogs in certain parts outside of town. Usually, not a lot goes on in these bogs as you can't really build in them and there's not a lot that lives in them except for maybe some frogs and muskrat. Anyway, one Friday night about 7 years ago I decided to take a break from my university studies and go for some drinks at the local bar with some of the boys. It was a really good night with lots of drinking to be had and around a bit after 3 in the morning I decided to start walking home as I only live about 15 min away. I was about halfway home when I noticed something unusual at one of these bogs.
From what I could see it seemed there was some kind of light coming from the water. At first, I simply told myself it was probably just my drunk mind playing tricks on me but alas curiosity, with the help of some liquid courage, got the best of me and I decided to approach the light. It is what I saw then that I still to this day can not make sense of.
What appeared to be a giant slug/leech-looking creature started to crawl out of the bog with what seemed like two very muscular front arms. As it crawled out further I got a better glimpse of its body, approximately 2 metres long. I did not seem to have any hind legs just its front arms but did seem to have a slimy underside as it moved quite fast and left behind a somewhat noticeable slime layer. The bio-luminescence was coming from a massive bulge located on his forehead and extended down his spinal column. I was completely stunned by what I was seeing and could not move as my body went completely numb.
At first, the creature clearly did not notice me as he was headed in a direction perpendicular to mine. I assume that because he did not initially see me the creature may not have great eyesight or any eyes at all. It must also had a poor sense of smell as it was not drawn to me. It was only when I let out a foolish and loud "WTF is this thing" did the abomination stopped dead in its tracks and turned its hideous head at me. It was at this point I could clearly see its 2 large black eyes open up from its eyelids and stare directly at me. As soon as it saw me its bio-luminescence went out and I was left blinded in the pitch black.
I heard a horrific screech almost like a bird scraw but much lower and sounding like it came from deep in the gut. I could hear the creature start to charge at me as I could hear its large body cut through that tall bog grass. My fight-or-flight instincts kicked in and you can be damn sure I chose flight. I picked out the nearest street lamp and ran as fast as I could through the grass till I got to it. When I got back to the street I was surprised to see no sign of the creature behind me.
I'm unsure if it wanted to harm me or just scare me out of its bog as I had seen it moving at an alarming rate as it initially left the bog water. Surely it could have caught a drunk, staggering 22-year-old man? I went home after that and vowed never to go back to the bog. After I finished my degree I moved to Toronto and haven't been back since, I still can't come to terms with what I saw that night and I'm not sure I want to. I'm posting now to get this off my chest and see if anyone has had a similar experience or if they can make sense of this." K
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