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The Skeptic: A Cautionary Tale, by Eddie Yaroch

21/2/2021

 
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I want to believe. I have always wanted to believe. Whether it's UFOs, ghosts or strange creatures of the forest known as cryptids, I am forever fascinated with them. Others, however, are non-believers, scoffers, skeptics.

It was thus, a few weeks ago, that I attended a BBQ and found myself by the grill talking to a skeptic.

ME: I looked up into the night sky and saw this amazing...

SKEPTIC: No you didn't.

ME: The lights! They were...

SKEPTIC: Nope.

ME: Then out of the woods came this...

SKEPTIC: Rare? You like your steak rare?

ME: I can't describe how weird it...

SKEPTIC: Life's weird. You're weird. Medium-rare?

ME: The growling. It...It...

SKEPTIC: The only thing growling is my stomach. Medium-well then?

ME: I'm telling you there are things...

SKEPTIC: ...that are complete and utter bull...

Just then, a bright spotlight shone on him from above, a Bigfoot howled and a Dogman leapt out and dragged him into the woods.

Stunned (and feeling more than a little vindicated), I simply lifted my steak from the grill and exclaimed, "Well done."
Andrew Carter
22/2/2021 12:04:28 am

Nice one, Eddie.

Sue Clayton
22/2/2021 12:49:03 am

Pays to always keep an open mind.

Susan F. Reid
22/2/2021 03:06:19 pm

Your writing made it obvious the skeptic had heard a lot of this before. Nice twist.

Virginia Ashberry
22/2/2021 07:10:27 pm

Re: The Skeptic:

Damn I love a good punch-line!

Mary Wallace
23/2/2021 05:53:00 am

Done...very well done.


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