PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY T. BRICE

Originally published May 6, 2022

WARNING: The contents of The Canine Comical are purely fictional and intended to be humorous, satirical. Readers are advised not to confuse them with real incidents.

Many MBMS students and faculty members reported sightings of security cameras meeting in unusual places around the school after hours.

Reports of these gatherings were made in many places around the school. Many noticed them near the robotics classroom, which weren’t placed there, according to a school blueprint.

“I’ve seen more rodents crawling around the school,” night janitor Mr. Hausmeister said. “But instead of squeaking like mice, they make clinking sounds. And they’re not on the floor, they’re on the ceiling.”

Students agreed with these rumors of the cameras moving around. These strange sightings were spotted by the school’s lacrosse team.

“After practice, I saw a group of security cameras outside of the gym,” goalie Rekab T’Nuom said. “It was weird because I’ve never seen them there before.”

The gardening teacher, Miss Flor, took a leave of absence because of the oddness that happened at the school. She was deeply disturbed by what she saw and claimed she won’t come back until every security camera was taken down in the school.

“They had legs,” Flor said in a loud exclamation.

After calming down, Flor explained that while leaving the school from the 600 hallway, the robotics room contained every security camera in the room, but with robotic legs. She claimed that she interrupted their meeting and they attacked and she luckily escaped.

“I remember those creatures having a map of the school and red spots on rooms as if they were going to take them over,” Flor said.

After he heard Flor’s statement about the security cameras, the President himself ordered the school to take down all cameras, because they are a massive threat to society, and replace them with new ones.

“These new cameras are the same as the ones schools used when I was a kid," Hausmeister said about the new security system. "They’re old and aren’t filled with those new gadgets that the other cameras had."

Students and teachers felt safe again when entering MBMS after the installation of the new security cameras.

“I don’t constantly have to look over my shoulder to make sure I’m not being followed by the cameras,” T’Nuom said. “I was really relieved after hearing they were taking down the cameras.”

Flor claimed she won’t be returning until the 2022 to 2023 school year because she truly didn't believe that the school won’t be taken over. She claimed that she was taking extra safety precautions.

“My Chromebook's been acting up lately,” T’Nuom said as a side note. “The screen’s just been saying ‘I will take over!’ but it’s not a big deal. I’ll just get a new one.”