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5 min readThe Government Just Bombed My Town
A shudder broke Sarah from her sleep in Meg's living room. It was a barely perceivable tremor that seemed to emanate from somewhere under the couch, followed by a concussive rumble from outside. At first she thought it was thunder. But the sounds roared closer with each successive blast, deeper and more baritone than lightning, with a spine-tingling amount of force behind each one. When she peered through the blinds, she saw a reddish glow hanging over the dark horizon to the west, heard police sirens flaring to life in the distance, and picked up more pops and cracks further out. Then a flash lit up the town's sleepy skyline, and the shock wave shook the house with violent force. All the streetlights went dark at the same time.
The Night Everything Changed
Sarah was eighteen, spending the night at her friend Meg's house in Collinswood, a small rural town in Barron County, Ohio. The town had two distinct sides: wealthier families lived in Black Oak or on private countryside land, while low-income families got the smaller town of Collinswood. Meg's father Travis owned the county's second-largest sawmill and had kept Collinswood from becoming a run-down shanty town by donating tools, materials, and repairs for people from all walks of life. He treated Sarah and her friends like his own daughters.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:10) **Sleepover in Collinswood** - The narrator wakes up at her friend Meg's house after a sleepover, describing the cozy, chaotic scene with her friends Kate, Lina, and leftover Monopoly.
- 2 (03:07) **First Tremors and Strange Sounds** - A series of tremors and distant booms shake the house, waking the narrator to an eerie, unsettling night.
- 3 (07:16) **Power Outage and Growing Panic** - A violent shock wave knocks out the power, plunging the neighborhood into darkness as strange, heavy footsteps echo outside.
- 4 (09:06) **Travis Arrives Covered in Blood** - Meg's father, Travis, stumbles through the front door, drenched in blood and carrying a hunting knife, urgently ordering everyone to prepare to evacuate.
- 5 (13:49) **Evacuation Order and Helicopter** - A military helicopter broadcasts an emergency evacuation order, confirming the crisis is real and not a drill.
- 6 (16:43) **Attack on the House** - Something begins scratching and pounding on the front door, forcing the family to flee through the garage as the creatures break in.
- 7 (20:00) **First Glimpse of the Creatures** - While escaping in the truck, the narrator sees a pale, grey-skinned creature with milky white eyes and rows of brown teeth, grinning as it scuttles on all fours.
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Kaboom! Written by: RandomAppalachian468
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