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R obbie turned up to fish a n d I
t h ink Mick had a savage t a k e
o n one of his rods and i t w a s
p r omptly pulled into the l a k e !
S o mehow after casting ab o u t
t r ying to find the renegade r o d
w i th carp attached with n o
j o y, the following day that r o d
w as retrieved with an an g r y
1 9 LB common still attach e d .
l o l l o p i n g o u t w h a t s o un d e d
like at the back of the island
w h e r e I ’d p r e v i o u s l y c a u g h t
t h e B i g Gi r l . S o , I d e c i d e d t o
reel my rods in, it was about
1 1 : 3 0 P M; g r a b b e d m y n et a n d
w a l k e d a r o u n d t h e r e, k e e p i n g
quiet and gently resting my
backside on the damp grass
bank. A carp slammed out
Hainault had its stra n g e
o c currences after darkn e s s .
T here used to be a guy wa l k
t h rough the forest with h i s
t o rch on, and he wo uld g o
a r ound the lake, wal k ac r o s s
t h e steep incline hil l s i d e
a n d off through the o ppo si t e
f o r est. He did this ritual e v e r y
n i ght. He never had a do g w i t h
h i m and never uttered a wo r d,
e v en after being faced of f a n d
a s ked dir ectly by d iffe r e n t
a n glers, what was he up to ?
W hat was he looking fo r? h e
n e ver utte red a word.
One night on a full moo n I
m ean a real bright on e, t h e
t y pe that makes the n i g h t
s e em like daytime. I h eard f i s h
a n d o v e r, th e n a n o t h e r a n d
a n o t h e r. S o , g e n t l y p o p p i n g
a couple of rigs into place
about 30 yards apart, I sat
back gazing at the moon in
all its heavenly glory when
out of the corner of my eye
t o m y l e f t w a s a b i g, s t r a n g e
a n i m a l th a t s e e m e d t o r u n
l i k e a s i l v e rb a c k g o r i l l a . T h e
moon was bright. Whatever
t h i s th i n g wa s , i t m o v e d w i t h
purpose and speed and was
h e a d i n g t o w a r d s t h e l a k e, i t
had come out from the upper
f o re s t
section,
bounding
d o wn a n d a cr o s s t h e f i e l d . I
remember it leapt towards
and into the water heading
towards the island. I saw it
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