Rest In Peace Betsy

            I had always liked the name Betsy. Growing up I guess I knew a lot of woman with the name. Some stuck out and some didn’t but that name always stuck in my head. After I placed my signature on the dotted line, the dealer looked up at me and said “So, whatcha gunna call her?” I looked back at him with a smile and little thought and blurted out “Betsy”. You see, Betsy was my beloved ocean liner. Man she could cruise over any water during any weather at any time and you better believe I put her to the test. You see where I come from we put our beloved boats to the test on the stormiest nights of the year, and tonight was that night.

            Since I got through with work at 3pm the sky was as dark as night. The winds were fast, the rain hard, and the thunder banging with a vengeance. This storm wasn’t going to be enough to make me chicken out. I had a reputation around here and tonight was the night to prove my new boat can live up to that reputation just as I do.

            We set sail into the vast open sea and could only see about a foot in any direction we looked. There were a few other boats out tonight from what I could see on Betsy’s sonar, I guess trying to make the same point that I was making. “I guess no one wants to be titled a chicken around here” I mumbled under my breathe. I decided to have some fun with these other guys and voice them in over my radio when it happened.

            One by one each of the bright green dots representing other boats on Betsy’s sonar began to just disappear. They did not go silently at that. I could hear the screams of their captains in all directions of Betsy but I couldn’t see a single thing. The waves began to pick up their pace and Betsy began to twist and turn violently with every crash. Still my sight was limited and I could see nothing but feel everything.

            Out of the water a creature began to emerge. A creature of legend and myth. It seemed to keep showing more and more of itself. As it grew larger into the darkness of the sky I continued to look up and up until my neck would no longer allow me to. Before I could get a better view the creature leaped from the water crashing down into the waves with tremendous force. The devilish beast sucked my sweet Betsy down to the depths of the ocean along with itself. Betsy gave her life to the sea to never be seen again. For everyone’s safety I hope this creature suffers the same fate and never is seen again.