Hide's 100-word story for August 20, 2025

Hide wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on August 20, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

Wait, you saw him? Seriously? You don’t know that urban legend about how if you see a misty man in Old Bay Lake wearing a suit and a hat, possibly a fedora, you have 48 hours to live? Well, you’re fucked. Stay away from me. I don’t need to catch any of your cursed-to-die-in-a-horrific-way cooties or whatever. You know, my uncle saw him. Yeah, three years ago. A bunch of birds attacked him. Pecked him to death. Also, Jessie’s uncle. Fell down 18 flights of stairs. That’s weird, right? Maybe it’s just an uncle thing. You’re not an uncle, right?

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