Right behind the bushes. I was not sure if it was a person and then I knew by the way the bushes moved. It was a case of possession. Devil possession. I read about that stuff. I knew about the Salem witch trials and these two girls somehow related to this Reverend. He was possessed by the kids and they went on to do the whole Bonnie and Clyde thing. That was before the movie, but it is where the movie comes from. That was how these Mormons went on a Nationwide chase to find the possessed Reverend and his little relatives. And they had to burn them. So now I am standing here, it is not even Halloween, thank Jesus, and there is this possessed person behind my neighbor's bush.
I was outside thinking about taking out the garbage. I was going to but then I saw the movment by the bush. I live with my Mom and Dad and brother on the corner of Larimer and Decatur. The bush is the possession of my neighbors, also living on the corner of Larimer and Decatur - which I just thought about and it is weird - and the bush they possess is being moved by a possessed. It is dark out, but the street lights make things not so dark. I was waiting. I was feeling the light breeze and wanting more of it and I was looking at the bush and waiting but wanting less of it. There was no more movement now. A head popped up from the bush. Then a body followed it out into view. I stepped behind my tree, which is about a foot or two away from my house. When the possessed creeped onto the sidewalk, I saw the hideous face.
The thing that scared me about the Salem witch trials was that it happened near where I live. I live far away from Massachusetts but it is still the United States. And that was really scary to me. I heard my door open. My mom was asking me to come in but I did not want her to do that right then. I was scared the possessed might see her and burn her to get even. I know the possessed hold grudges. That was the thing that stayed with me after I read about the Salem witch trials. All those people burned, thank Jesus, but to hear that they hold grudges was too much. If I was ever burned I would hold a grudge too. In that way I understood the possessed.
My mom said she was going to get my Father, so I had some time. The possessed was creeping up the middle of Decatur, away from my house. I darted across the street, staying close to the parked cars and being very sneaky.