March 4, 2005 Calimari Bay

The year was 1960, the locale, Arroyo Sequit rock in LA County. Early in his workday, State Lifeguard, "Murph" McMurphy, stopped at Paradise Cove to "poach some bugs" for the cookout at Malibu Colony after his duty. His station wagon eased down the road, towards the pier. 6:00 AM is cold in the fall, but "Murph" paid no attention to the nip in the dawn sky. He took the scuba innertube, draped burlap, adjusted his gardening gloves, and kicked toward the kelp bed. Clad only in his rayon trunks, "Murph" surfaced dived to the lobsterfest and apprached a trap. He saw a huge bug, at least a 20#er, skimming along the sand, trapped in its wire prison. Ah Ha, said "Murph" as he inserted his gloved hand into the entrance to the cage, wrapped his massive hand around his prize, pulling it from the cage, almost clear, the squirming 20 pounder frenzied, jerking to an fro, in an attempt its freedom. The jerking and twisting, "Murph's refusad to let go, his arm was forced into the wire sharp cage entrance, exposing the vein in the arm. "Murph", blood gushing from his arm, in severe pain. dropped the huge lobster and headed for the surface, before the "man-eater squid" arrived. "Murph" leaving the water, raced to his station wagon and speed shifted out of there. His not so "severe wound" looked worse than it was, you kinow how blood is in water. Several miles down 101 he looks at his gas meter. Empty. He pulls into a Mohawk Gas Station, the attendant walks up and seeing the wound, asks "Murph" what happened. He answeres I'm a State Life Guard attacked by a pod of squid The gas-jockey says you'd better get to the emergancy room, and fast. "Murph" did go to the ER hoping for the newspaper reporters to arrive seeking a Great White Squid attack scare story. They got it, and "Murph" got on several TV shows and made $10,000.00 off his "ordeal'. BIGKOOK take heed, if you play your cards right with this so called "squid scare", you've got you a house on Beach Road.

Written by "Dypso" Calypso
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