Aquatic creatures. United States

The story is told by Donald Baldwin, a resident of Virginia.

"This is the story of an unusual creature I've ever seen. Not sure whether this refers to the so-called cryptids (mysterious animals like Bigfoot, Chupacabra, etc.), but none-the-less. I was only 11 years old and I loved to run to the pond to catch fish there. The pond behind the complex of townhouses, one of which my family lived, in Alexandria, Virginia. The pond was not very big and also not too deep, a maximum of half a meter.

That day was beautiful Sunny weather and I as usual came to the pond. I was there one of my friends for various reasons are unable to go out, and taking advantage of this, I decided without interference to search for turtles and frogs to your aquarium. In the pond at the water's edge was a lot of boulders and I climbed up there and turned over rocks.

A little pritomivshiysya, I sat down on a stone and then something caught my attention, a movement in the middle of the pond. The fact that a good look was like a great elephant's trunk, it came out of the water and peered over the water. And then, I could have sworn I saw on the trunk of the eye. The next minute, this "trunk" to cut through the water, moved in my direction with great speed. I was so terrified, in what can only be 11-year-old child. Everything I was holding, I immediately left and ran away from the pond as fast as he could.

Between the pond and the houses was a small part of the forest and I quickly reached him, ran through him, ran not slowing down between the buildings, she ran up the stairs to our door and nearly ripped the door from the hinges when he rushed her. Have no idea why I had such a strong desire to run as far as possible from there, I didn't even know what the creature is and whether it is able to run. I just was in such fear that I had something like a panic. I could be safe, but I just ran to the woods, but I didn't stop till I reached home. Later I thought about what he had seen. It really looks like an elephant trunk. And there were no teeth, no claws, no limbs and body, I have not seen.

Why do I instantly was all wrapped in such strong fear? I never could explain it. The only species with a trunk, which I know it's the elephant and the aardvark. But the Bishop there would not fit on the middle depth of the pond is just 5 feet (152 cm). I also have not heard that someone in these places was the elephant or that to us there arrived circus, or the elephant escaped from somewhere. And one more important detail. Before I saw the water emerges from the trunk, I was on the shore about 30 minutes, no elephant would not survive so long under water, even if he was there, and took refuge from the heat, lying on the bottom. Also, the trunk acted as if emerging from the water, he saw me and rushed to me with a specific purpose. And before that, he turned slightly, as if looking around (and maybe I was right when I thought I saw his eyes?) and after that rushed to me. He wanted to attack me or maybe acted out of curiosity?

Tormented by numerous issues, I forced myself to later return to the pond, but nothing there saw. I also continued to go there and fish and everything was normal and as if no trunk there never was."

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