Post #168017 by pablus on Sat, Jun 25, 2005 10:41 AM

I was in Carencro, Louisiana.

I had just played a round of golf with my Chef buddy who, at the time, was the chef at the biggest and most successful cajun restaurant anywhere.

We were a bit stoned and getting on the ramp to the highway that would lead us back to his house and on the side of the road was a tall girl hitch-hiking.

She was facing the opposite way with her thumb out, wearing a black nightie - with fishnet stockings and long black hair.

As we pulled by, she turned around with this big grin on HIS face. Dude looked like Frank Zappa - beard and all.

We said nothing to each other for about 10 seconds and James finally says - "I think we just saw the devil."

My brother and I have put in easily 350,000 miles together. We've done Florida to Montana twice - Florida to Maine - twice. All over the southeast multiple times - all over other continents - stoney road trips for the day - that sort of thing.

One night we were getting back from a gig and a bit loaded and something streaked across the road in front of the van.

We said nothing.

About an hour later I turned down the volume on the stereo and queried "Did you see..." and he finished my sentence "...A MONKEY!!!"

We had both seen it but didn't want to say anything about it.

I guess the legend of the swamp ape is true.

http://www.sptimes.com/News/050500/Outdoors/The_Swamp_Ape.shtml