Day 192

Our bones break fairly easily you know.
It only takes 25 pounds of pressure to fracture one.
They tore through humans like wet tissue-paper.
We still don't know what they are.

They were seen crawling out of a stagnant lake
near the border.
We thought they were harmless reptile type creatures,
something long forgotten by time left to re-emerge now.

We were so very wrong.
People thought they were cute, kept them as pets.
They became an intrinsic part of our society, more
popular than dogs or rabbits.

That was before the change.

It started with a few reports, some of the creatures
had spun themselves into cocoons with no warning.
As the reports came flooding in we all eagerly held our
breath to see what the cute little reptiles would emerge as.

How could we have known?

I first saw it on the news, the cocoon was torn apart and
the owner was found mauled a mile away.
It was put down to a theft gone wrong.
Nobody connected the dots until it happened again... and again.

We didn't even know what to look for until a cocoon hatched
on camera - who knew they were such monstrosities?

They looked somewhat human.
They had human shaped heads devoid of any facial features
and torsos that tapered off into nothing.
The worst part of them was their hands/paws whatever you
want to call them.

They were twice the size of the creatures' torsos and ended
in razor sharp talons almost twelve inches long.
And they were almost always stained or dripping red.
It was always fresh.