Four Runners Go Missing On the Eve of Christmas Feared Dead
On what was supposed to be a relaxing, fun run with friend’s four male runners’ ages thirty to fifty went missing. New Jersey Officials fear that the “Jersey Devil” may be the cause. The runners had been with a group of about fourteen runners when they took a wrong turn and have not been heard from since. The group leader and vice president of a local running club refuses to comment on the situation. Other runners claim that he has never lost a runner on his organized trail runs, until now that is. Four families will be without loved ones this holiday season due to his negligence.
If these men did meet their end to the hands of the Jersey Devil it was not a pretty one. According to the urban legend the creature has been haunting wooded areas for a century and the victims are found in pieces with their flesh burned off. One can only hope that this was not their fate. One runner who wants to remain nameless claims that the trail run leader did see these runners going in the wrong direction and refused to yell out to them, she claims that this so called leader jokingly said that half of the missing four runners are faster than him and that if they did not find their way back his race results would benefit. He also went on saying that one of the runners was stealing his thunder by running more ultra-races than him. What a selfish act that may have cost the most precious thing, human life.
May this unforgettable tragedy be a reminder to you and yours during what was supposed to be a joyful holiday season that putting your loved ones in the hands of others can be costly. No matter what holiday you will be celebrating this weekend take a long look around at your friends and family and be thankful that they are safely home with you. Please give a minute to ingest that there will be four saddened families this weekend because of one runner wanting to be in the spot light for the first time in his quaint little life. The things others will do to move up the food chain are pathetic. What happen to “tis’ the season?” I know I will be thankful and kind. I unlike this trail leader am blessed with great friends and as Clarence would say “no man is a failure who has friends.”
Washington Xing Times
Written By: CT
12/24/2011
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