Bring Out Your Dead

Demon Geese Chasing Me,
originally uploaded by Icarus Rex.

Yesterday, I was pensive so I decided to drive around. I found myself heading west out of Toledo towards the farmland where my dad grew up. I entered Metamora, Ohio and I called my dad to find out where my grandparents were buried. I knew it was close but didn't want to wander the farmlands of northern Ohio. The cemetary was just south of Metamora on Rte. 120. I entered the cemetary, which was rather small and quickly found the graves of my grandparents. I was still talking to my parents on my mobile and I walked over to the graves. Once I got there, there was a sudden downpour so I ran back to the car. In the 50 ft it took me to run, I was pretty wet, almost soaked. When I got back to the car, the rain stopped and the sun started to come out.

I got out of the car and started wandering around the cemetary, still talking to my parents. I was looking at the graves and I noticed three Canadian Geese in the cemetary. I ignored them and tried to find my great-grandparents named Riesz. Suddenly the geese were only two feet away from me. They made no sound, neither honking nor hissing, but stopped and started preening themselves. I walked away. They raised their heads and followed me. I increased my gait. They increased theirs. Still close behind I decided to run for it. The geese started running too. I bolted to the car and shut the door. The geese waited outside my door looking at me. Soon, they started walking around the car and pecked at my tires. I didn't think geese had the ability to pop tires, but who knows what demon geese can do. I started the car and moved to another part of the cemetary. I got out and looked at the graves again. I didn't see the geese until they were on me. I started walking around the cemetary and wherever I went they followed me. When I stopped, they just preened themselves again. I asked them what they wanted, but they didn't answer. Nothing I did disuaded them from following me. I even chased them, but they just moved out of the way, but stayed close. I started walking back to my car, completely creeped out. They followed and I started running towards my car. The geese took to the air and flew after me. I knew they were faster, so I just stopped. They landed, looked at me, and preened themselves again. I walked very slowly and got into my car and left.

I drove around for a little bit and after a while I went back to the cemetary. There was no geese. No rain. Only the quiet of the graves.