Highway to Hell (2009)
Highway to Hell
“EVIL 9 “So, recap for me,” said Justin. I had my cell phone on speaker, so that Lisa and I could fill him in once we got back to the Artesian Manor. “The chupacabra bones were fake, right?”
Lisa sat cross-legged on her bed, eating Tostitos. “The chupacabra bones were fake,” she confirmed between crunches. “The mastodon bone was real. The grave-robbing stuff was real. The jury is still out on the two-headed snake.”
“The what?” asked Justin, understandably confused.
“It's not important,” I said. ...I was sprawled on my own bed, the phone in front of me on the polyester bedspread. “Let's stay on track.”
He obligingly moved on. “But there was a rock with footprints like the ones you found by the highway?”
“Yeah. They were old, but not like dinosaur ancient.”
“Any luck matching either print to a known animal?”
“They weren't in the book I got from the library.” By now I was pretty convinced that I wasn't going to find them identified in any field guide.MoreLess
Lisa sat cross-legged on her bed, eating Tostitos. “The chupacabra bones were fake,” she confirmed between crunches. “The mastodon bone was real. The grave-robbing stuff was real. The jury is still out on the two-headed snake.”
“The what?” asked Justin, understandably confused.
“It's not important,” I said. ...I was sprawled on my own bed, the phone in front of me on the polyester bedspread. “Let's stay on track.”
He obligingly moved on. “But there was a rock with footprints like the ones you found by the highway?”
“Yeah. They were old, but not like dinosaur ancient.”
“Any luck matching either print to a known animal?”
“They weren't in the book I got from the library.” By now I was pretty convinced that I wasn't going to find them identified in any field guide.MoreLess
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