The Rake

The Rake is a student-made story. The author of this story is Elvis Chapa, a 6th grade student.

We had gotten news and reports of a strange human-like creature in the woods. Farmers say that it has been killing a lot of their farm animals. And a lot of people. Or that's what they say because they're just missing. Or are they? So, they told us to investigate and find the missing people. There was a lot of snow and a lot of trees. They dropped us off at the chopper at an electrical place. We decided to move. Eventually, we found a shack with a door and lever that closed the door. There was wood at every window as if someone was barricading it. We called it our camp because it was big enough for all of us. Then it became nighttime. We were all about to go to bed until we heard a noise. We looked outside, and there was just a rabbit running away. But it looked frightened. Then I saw a creature, it looked like it was almost crouching. Sooner or later, it stood up, and it looked me in the eye. Then it screamed and went into the shack and pulled the lever, closing the door. Everyone looked scared. I saw some wood falling from the roof. I was breaking in. “On 3, we all run out. 1, 2, 3!” We all ran out. I came to a tower. I climbed on it and turned on the lights. They were so bright. Hopefully, they will see it. Then two people from my group came. But the creature followed them. “Guys, run it's behind you”! They couldn't hear me. I got my rifle and shot the creature. It screamed and slashed one of them twice with its long claws. He yelled in pain. I finally snapped out of it and shot it again. Then the other guy shot at it. It was on the ground while we both shot at it. He ran and left his wounded teammate to die. But it followed him and slashed at him. I wasted a whole bullet on the creature, and it looked like I barely hurt it. Then, the person ran into three more teammates. They all looked confused. I reloaded and shot at it. They turned around and saw the creature. It got one and slashed him in the face, killing him. The others started firing their weapons and shot at it. Another person got hit three times, but still came back and shot at the creature. It finally retreated, but the person who got hit three times died of blood loss. Now we have only six members. Everyone met at the tower until we saw it again. “Surely the monster can’t climb up”. We all pointed our weapons at where we climbed up. There we saw it, we all fired our weapons. Then, we all needed to reload. It killed two of us before I jumped off with the rest. Now, there were only four of us left. We all walked together with our weapons loaded. I heard footsteps and a stab. Turns out it was crouching, and we didn't hear it. It killed someone. I ran for my life while the other two were still shooting it. I heard yelling and screaming. Then I heard two bodies drop. It was just me. I ran into the shack and closed the door. I heard something on the roof and saw wood falling. I started crying. I knew I would die in a few moments. But then it became morning, and I heard a relieving sound. Then, through the window, I saw it running away. Later, I started three fires for a smoke signal. Eventually, the chopper came. I was crazy for the next three days. No one believed me. But I know what I saw. I saw the rake. 

(inspired by “The Rake”, "Creepypasta", and “The Rake Remastered”)