The Rake
Marie and her husband just returned from a trip in Niagara Falls with their family for the 4th of July. They were all very exhausted after a long day and decided to call it a night and go to bed. At about 4am, Marie woke up thinking her husband, Mark, had gotten up to use the restroom. She used the moment to steal back the sheets, only to wake him in the process. Marie apologized and told him she though he got out of bed. When Mark turned to face her, he gasped and pulled his feet up from the end of the bed so quickly his knee almost
knocked Marie out of the
disturbing and unnatu-
bed. He then grabbed her
ral, as if it had been hit by
and said nothing.
a car or something. For
After adjusting to the
some reason, Marie was
dark for a half second,
not instantly frightened
Marie was able to see
by it, but more concerned
what caused the strange
as to its condition. At this
reaction. At the foot of
point she was somewhat
the bed, sitting and fac-
under the assumption
ing away from us, there
that they were supposed
was what appeared to be
to help him.
a naked man, or a large
Mark was peering over
hairless dog of some sort.
his arm
Its body position was
and knee, tucked into the fetal position, occasionally glancing at Marie before returning to the creature. In a flurry of motion, the creature scrambled around the side of the bed, and then crawled quickly in a flailing sort of motion right along the bed until it was less than a foot from Mark’s face. The creature was completely silent for about 30 seconds just looking at Mark. The creature then placed its hand on his knee and ran into
the hallway, leading to the kids’ rooms. Marie screamed and ran for the light switch, planning to stop him before he hurt her children. When I got to the hallway, the light from the bedroom was enough to see it crouching and hunched over about 20 feet away. He turned around and looked directly at Marie, covered in blood. She flipped the switch on the wall and saw her daughter, Clara.
The creature ran down the stairs while Mark and Marie rushed to help their daughter. She was very badly injured and spoke only once more in her short life. She said “he is the Rake�.
Mark drove his car into a lake that night, while rushing Clara to the hospital. They did not survive. Being a small town, news got around pretty quickly. The police were helpful at first, and the local newspaper took a lot of interest as well. However, the story was never published and the local television news never followed up either.