Mr. Victor was very angry. This morning, as usual, he went to the lake with a small bag of corn kernels. When he was about to feed the wild ducks, he found the corpse floating by the lake.
A dozen or so brown wild ducks floated on the lake, their bodies mutilated. The weather had turned hot at this time, and a large group of mosquitoes surrounded the corpse in the water, buzzing anxiously.
Mr. Victor is out of anger. Since his retirement, he has come to Lake Constance to feed wild ducks every day. These little things are the spiritual sustenance of this lonely old man. Several of the ducklings were just born this spring.
Received Mr. Victor’s report, the police attached great importance to it, and they came to the scene immediately, but when they saw that the victims were just a group of mallard ducks that are very common in Europe, they immediately lost interest.
Since the refugees came to Germany, the police have become very busy. The police force has expanded year after year, but it still cannot keep up with the soaring crime rate.
“What, it’s just a bunch of ducks.” The policeman muttered reluctantly.
The local police still have a backlog of 17 sexual assault cases, 48 robbery cases, 132 theft cases, and a religious conflict that attacked a Catholic church.
Faced with the complicated and tricky situation, the police have already been battered, and they are not interested in investigating a group of dead ducks.
“Do you know who did it?” the policeman asked Mr. Victor.
“I don’t know, but I fed them yesterday.” Mr. Victor said.
Although the police were very reluctant, they still fished the dead duck out of the river. When the tragic wound appeared in everyone’s eyes, everyone was shocked.
“Bite the neck directly, shouldn’t it be the crocodile?”
“Don’t talk nonsense, there are no crocodiles in the lake.”
“Who would do that? A fox or a wolf?”
“Foxes go into the water to eat ducks, thanks to your thinking.”
“Look at these wounds, they are deep and small. The location where the attack was launched is under the wild duck. It seems to be dried by fish.”
“A fish that can bite off the thigh of a wild duck? Is there such a cruel fish in the world?”
Everyone expressed their doubts. The way these wild ducks died was really brutal, and the bodies were almost torn to pieces.
After discussion, the police decided to collect the bodies and send them to animal protection agencies.
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Munich, Germany.
Investigative reporter Anna drove a Volkswagen Beetle car, left the city of Munich, and drove along the No. 96 road to the Lake Constance area.
Anna works for the Munich Welt. Although the word “World” is in the name, it is an out-and-out lace tabloid. It mainly reports anecdotes and strange stories from all over the world, and there are still some readers in Germany.
Readers of the Munich Welt usually believe that vampires really exist, that Atlantis did not perish, but transformed the entire continent into a spaceship, and the whole family left the earth, and that Bigfoot lived in the Alps monster, and Bigfoot is a close relative of the Himalayan yeti.
In short, the Munich newspaper is prepared for these curious people.
Recently, the editorial department received calls from readers, who revealed all kinds of strange things that happened in the Lake Constance area, such as the murdered wild duck, the old woman whose finger was bitten off by a strange fish, the mysterious boats on the lake, etc.
The editor-in-chief felt that someone should be sent to investigate, so this glorious task fell on the young Anna.
After several hours of continuous driving, Anna finally arrived at the Lake Constance area. Although this is a well-known tourist destination and the lake is so beautiful, Anna has no time to enjoy the scenery here, so she directly found the first sighting of this trip witness.
It was a couple who worked in a nearby rubber factory. They had no children. The husband was keen on fishing. He showed Anna the strange fish he caught from the lake.
This strange fish has a silver flat body, sharp teeth, huge dark eyes, and well-developed muscles.
“It’s so strange.” The rubber factory worker said: “I have lived by Lake Constance all my life, and I have been fishing in the lake since I was six years old. I have never seen such a strange fish. Believe me, it shouldn’t It is a species here.”
“Recently there are many rumors by the lake. There is a retired old lady in the town next door. Her finger was bitten off by a strange fish. Continue north, near the nature reserve, the local wild ducks are disappearing rapidly.. .”
The rubber worker talked about a lot of strange things that happened recently. He connected the strange things with strange fish and got a terrible conclusion.
“It must be a conspiracy by the authorities!” The rubber worker lowered his voice and said, “The authorities are conducting biochemical experiments nearby, and the waste was discharged into the lake, which caused all the fish in the lake to mutate!”
Anna is not surprised by this at all. Most of the readers of Munich Die Welt hold conspiracy theories. Anna herself firmly believes that aliens are around us, disguised as humans.
Anna took a photo of this fish and passed it on to her classmate who taught biology at the University of Munich, asking him to help check the literature and determine the species of the strange fish.
Then, Anna bid farewell to the rubber worker, drove north along Lake Constance, spent two days visiting several other witnesses, and finally came to Mr. Victor’s home.
Suddenly it started to rain outside, and Mr. Victor warmly invited Anna into his home. The seventy-two-year-old solitary man made coffee by himself, brought cream and sugar cubes, and a piece of potato pie given to him by his neighbor.
The hot coffee with cream quickly warmed Anna’s whole body. She put down the cup, picked up the recording pen, and began to investigate Victor’s experience.
“That’s really terrifying.” Victor rubbed his hands, feeling lingering fear, and then, out of the corner of his eye, looked at the Mauser double-barreled shotgun hanging above the fireplace.
When he was young, he used that shotgun to shoot down a lot of wild ducks. Maybe it was because of his conscience. After retiring, Vivektor transformed into a well-known animal protectionist.
“The ducks were all dead. I called the police, but the police were unwilling to investigate the cause of death at all. So I carried a shotgun and went into the reserve alone to find the murderer.” Victor said.
On the north side of Lake Constance, there is a large forest, inhabited by wild ducks, foxes, hares, etc., where tourists are usually prohibited from entering.
“Have you found the murderer?” Anna asked curiously.
Victor’s hands trembled slightly, and then he said in a hoarse voice, “To be honest, I’m not sure what I saw.”
“You can’t be sure what you saw?” Anna immediately became interested, and she heard the danger from Victor’s words.
Victor nodded, “Shortly after I entered the reserve, I heard hounds roaring. Mr. Enrique next door raised a mixed-breed shepherd named Samurai. I am familiar with the barking of Samurai, but that day , The voice of the samurai is obviously wrong, as if with great panic.”
“I thought that the samurai had encountered a wild wolf living in the woods, so I hurriedly picked up the shotgun, but when I got closer, I found that there were no wild wolves around, and the samurai was barking at the lake. A big fish was found.”
“The samurai is a very smart dog. Not only can he swim, but he is also good at catching fish. If he sees a fish, he can rush to catch it and have a good meal.”
“But the samurai that day did not intend to rush into the lake at all, and stared at the lake with vigilance and fear, as if he saw something evil.”
“I shouted at it, warrior, what did you see? Why don’t you catch it, are you still afraid of a fish?”
“The samurai heard my voice ~Soverse.com~ and turned his head, as if he finally hoped for a savior, he yelled at me twice, as if he wanted me to go over.”
“However, at this moment, the calmness of the lake was broken, and a silver thing suddenly jumped out of the lake, biting the warrior’s throat.”
“The poor shepherd dog was looking at me with its head tilted at the time, completely oblivious to the attack from under the lake, blood sprayed out immediately, the warrior’s eyes went dark, he let out a scream, fell in the shallows, and then fell into the shallows Splashing water, like a group of water snakes wriggling fast.”
“I was frightened by the sudden situation. I was stunned for a full minute before I came back to my senses. I ran desperately to the place where the samurai fell, but when I ran to the shoal…”
Speaking of this, Victor’s voice suddenly choked up, and his whole body began to twitch.
Anna hurriedly asked: “What did you see? What did you see?”
Victor raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said in a hoarse voice: “Blood, the blood of the samurai stained the shoal red.”
“It’s dead!” Anna covered her mouth with a frightened expression.
Victor shook his head slightly, “No, I don’t know, because we searched all over the shallows, but couldn’t find the body of the samurai, it just disappeared, completely disappeared in front of me, not even a piece of it No bones, not a single residue left.”
Anna felt her heart beating wildly, she leaned back and her breathing became short of breath.
Suddenly, Anna remembered the strange fish caught by the rubber worker from the lake, so she hurriedly took out her mobile phone and opened the photos in the album.
“That’s right! It’s this cruel thing!”
Victor stared at the photo for a while and exclaimed.