It was a calm day out at sea as my friend Bill and I approached the surface of the water. Our purpose on this voyage was to discover treasures that had been unknown for thousands of years. We had to travel 4,989 miles away from where we lived on this voyage. A long time before we planned to go, my father told me that there were unknown treasures somewhere at the end of the trip.

As Bill and I came out on the deck of the submarine we saw an island with huge mountains out the window. When our odometer showed 4,985 miles we slowed the engines down to 20 knots. We rode along the shoreline to search for any evidence of human life but we didn't see any signs. There were strange furry four-legged creatures that looked like bears walking on the sandbar. They glared at us as we rode along the coastline. Within a mile or so we saw an old house that was nearly burned down to the ground. As we approached the rocky shore of the island Bill saw some strange animal tracks along the beach. So we paddled over to the beach in our small boat.

When we reached the beach my whole crew left the boat, and we had a meeting about where we'd go and search for the treasure. I had a metal detector so acouple of the guys went with me. We walked many miles in search of old landmarks. Hours passed by but no one found any evidence. Everyone was to meet back at camp at midnight. As we gathered around the fireplace, strange noises were coming from the trees. It sounded like people or some sort of animal making humming noises.

Everyone felt uncomfortable so we went back to the submarine which we had parked near the beach. We all went inside to sleep. Sunrise was only a few hours away when we heard strange noises coming from the side of the submarine. The noise sounded like a sharp object scratching against the metal, and it was getting louder and louder. Bill and I ran to the glass window to see if there was anything in sight. I looked out the front window which was facing down into the dark water but nothing appeared. I could only see little fish swimming.

Just as I turned away one of the men hollered, "It's on the roof!" Then Bill said, "There it is!" But it was too late when I looked back. Bill said he just saw huge eyes passing by the window screen.

The submarine began to tip slowly on its side. I ran to the weapon box and told the men that we needed to scare the creature away. Everyone took axes and harpoons out of the box and got ready to exit the surface door. I was the only one with a gun at that time. As I was about to open the hatch the creature crossed right over the top of the submarine. We waited a minute and went outside. We didn't see anything in sight.

Then BOOM, I shot! The creature was coming from the rear end of the submarine. A couple of the guys threw their harpoons and ran back into the sub. The creature dove into the water and approached us very slowly. We couldn't see anything, though, because it was too dark. The only light outside was a small spotlight. And it was pretty dim. When ripples in the water appeared right in front of us. We all got ready to hit the creature. But nothing showed up.

We waited and waited. Minutes went by without a noise or anything in sight. The night breeze chilled our bodies as we waited for the creature to appear. But the only sound that we heard was our own hearts pounding as if it were coming from our ears. It seemed like everyone froze in their spots.

We thought the creature had gone, so we slowly went back down into the sub. Then all of the sudden the submarine was moving back and forth on its side and a couple of the men almost fell overboard. Out of nowhere the creature came from the front of the boat in a massive movement. The creature had big pincers that stretched half-way across the submarine. All the guys got their harpoons and everyone threw them at the monster, but it started climbing over the submarine and grabbed one of the men and nearly drowned him. When the head of the creature came out of the water I took a shot at it. But it had a strong grip around the man.

The weight of the animal was so heavy the submarine started to tip on its side. All of a sudden I felt myself in the water. Everything happened so fast I didn't even realize I was swimming. I felt like I'd blacked out or something. Then one of the guys grabbed me from the water and took the gun away from me. The other guys were trying to chop the arm of the creature so that it would let go of the crewman. Finally when the arm of the creature started bleeding badly it dropped the man. He fell in the water and we threw out a rope to pull him in. The creature then dove back into the water and swam away.

Our crewman was in critical condition so we gave him medical care. A lot of other guys got hurt too and had bad cuts, so we also had to tend to them. The following day we decided to go back home so the crew could recuperate and so we wouldn't have another encounter with this weird creature that attacked our boat. It was the first time we'd ever seen a creature like that. It looked like a giant furry crab and was so ugly and terrible we didn't want to ever see it again.

By: Jack George