Ypsilanti boy narrowly escapes from Huron River water beast
Ypsilanti, MI – Around 1pm on Monday afternoon, a 10-year-old Ypsilanti boy fell into the Huron River while fishing. He escaped unharmed after only a few minutes, but onlookers say that the boy was not the only thing in the water at the time.
At approximately 12:50pm on Monday, Ypsilanti Police and Fire crews and Washtenaw County Sheriffs responded to an emergency call at the banks of the Huron River near the Leforge road bridge. The young boy was fishing and apparently fell into the water. This would not normally be a crisis situation, but recently Ypsilanti Police have had reason to believe that a person falling into the Huron River would be in danger from possibly unnatural sources. Marissa Kingston said, “They been watching up and down this river, like something more is in there. I think they believe something’s living in there, but they won’t tell us about it. No way.”
In the past two weeks, Ypsilanti Police have responded to multiple 911 calls regarding a “monster in the river”. Each call has been different, but most have to do with a pet or small animal being taken from the bank into the river, allegedly by a creature. In most cases, the pet was within a few feet of the river and residents claim that their pet was, “there one moment and gone the next”. Witnesses say they looked in time only to see a glimpse of movement under the surface of the water. “It looked like a huge snake, or something like that”, said Ypsilanti resident Matthew Johnson, “I ain’t never seen nothing like that before. People need to be watching out for this beast of a thing.”
Artist Rendering by Clark Tammer, Graphic Design Student at WCC
Ypsilanti officials have not commented on what could be lurking beneath the surface of the Huron River, but some residents speculate that this “monster” could have something to do with the pollution. “There was a lot of raw sewage that was dumped into the river a while back. That can’t be good for the animals. Eventually they eat that stuff and I guess you get some kind of sci-fi movie like scenario on your hands,” said EMU biology student Samantha Harris.
For now it seems the only action that has been taken is to ensure that no one enters the water. When someone does happen to enter, the police response is large and quick and police do everything in their power to pull the person from the water as fast as they can. Until some more solid answers can be found, the residents of Ypsilanti will just have to stay away from the Huron River and enjoy their water sports elsewhere.
1 comment:
Look up the "Snakehead Terror" documentary film on IMDB and then you'll know what's in the river.
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