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5 min readFor years it was just the narrator and his mother against the world. She had a bad heart but never let it stop her—she was in the gym three times a week, and they were planning to run the New York City marathon together for her 65th birthday. He thinks she mostly wanted him to get out more. But one late August afternoon, he got a call: his mother was in the hospital, and it was only a matter of time. Panicked, he crossed a busy road without looking and was hit by a Land Rover going 40 miles per hour. His thick backpack saved his head, but the weight came down on his legs. When he woke up in the hospital, he learned that his mother had died of sudden heart failure while he was unconscious. His left leg was so badly damaged that doctors gave it a 70-30 chance of being saved. He lost the bet. By the time he opened his eyes again, the leg was gone.
The Bone Star
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:09) **Accident and Loss** - The narrator gets a call that his mother is dying, rushes across a street, and is hit by a Land Rover.
- 2 (04:29) **The Old Man and the Bone Star** - A ninety-two-year-old patient named Joseph appears by the narrator's window and points out a strange star.
- 3 (05:55) **The New Reality** - The narrator learns the full extent of his injuries and begins a dazed, grief-stricken recovery.
- 4 (08:02) **The Bone Star's Rules** - Joseph explains that the star is rare, that most people can't see it, and that it only appears to the hurt or the old.
- 5 (13:53) **First Sight of the Others** - The narrator spots a humanoid silhouette standing on a rooftop across the street, blinking in and out with a light.
- 6 (17:50) **Escalating Encounters** - The narrator begins seeing more impossible things, including a man in the parking lot who plucks a streetlight bulb from twelve feet up.
- 7 (19:49) **The Whistling Presence** - While waiting for a checkup, the narrator hears a rhythmic whistling and the sound of naked skin hitting the floor, followed by a chair being thrown by something unseen.
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It's hard to miss. Written by: Saturdead
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