OK so Friday night four of us went up to Tilden on a night hike! It was a good idea, I could keep an eye out for the creature. We walked up to a peak with a great view of the nighttime San Francisco Bay, and even a peek up into Suisun Bay! From Benicia to Marin to San Francisco, and the East Bay in front, did the view stretch, the constellations washed out by a strong nearly-full Moon ablaze in a ghostly pale corona….yet the prey to which I had secretly been drawn on this nighttime mission lay beyond my grasp!

THe creature was not sighted by my eyes the entire night. However, while my companions were taking in the view-and I was perusing the heavens with the aid of a wrist-bound plane-sphere- a scream erupted from beneath our watch, down in Orinda! I turned and ran for a better view, only to see a light blink out of sight some half a mile below, and thin a racket of short-lived series of screams pierced the chilly night air. I turned to m companions, who laughed it off, and we quickly walked away.

What were those screams?, I wondered. There was a chill in the air, and not all of it was from the ocean breeze. Perhaps the creature was there, that night. Only, it had another person in mind to visit, or so circumstances would make it seem.

We traveled back to Oakland and I was dropped off to my apartment lair, exhausted both physically and mentally. The creature had taken over my thoughts and my mind screamed resolution, only none is to be found.

My investigations via Melnet are going well. I have had several chats with MelMembers who may aid me in my quest for truth-light on this mysterious Berkeley Beast.

ALSO BONUS HEALTH PSA:

OK so I think I won’t be smoking anymore. I do not know when I will quit though, maybe in a couple of days or new years or something. YAY FOR CRANKINESS

Signed,

Your Truly

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