Hello again, Story Club members.

I'm Ivy, your ghostly host with the most, and the keeper of the strangest,

spookiest tales on earth.

Today's Ivy's chilling tale goes out to my beloved listener, Felix, who just turned six years old.

Felix was watching documentaries about sea creatures living in the deepest, darkest parts of our oceans,

and decided to come up with his own terrifying story for everyone in our story club to enjoy.

This is Felix's tale, and it's called the Dead Sea.

Ugh, why did we have to come to this creepy old sea village for our summer vacation?

I wanted to go to Hawaii with Becca, complained Maggie. Maggie Gerald and Steve, 14-year-old

triplets were sitting on identical beds in their

shared room at the house their parents had rented for the next two weeks.

"'What are you talking about?' exclaimed Steve.

"'This place is weird in the best way.'

"'Yeah,' agreed Gerald.

"'Didn't you hear those people at the diner talking about the legend of this place?

"'You mean that ocean monster story those old people were telling? asked Maggie yawning.

It was late and their parents had gone to bed hours ago.

Yeah, that one, the legend of the sea eater, said Gerald slyly smiling.

Those people seemed really scared, like it was a true story.

Yeah, all those people being eaten alive and all that remains are their bones on the beach, said Stephen in an eerie voice. That is the most ridiculous story I've ever heard, said Maggie. I mean, if that story is true, then why are there still people living here? Duh. Well, the town is pretty small and does seem a little empty now that you mention it, said Steve.

And there were signs along the road I noticed on our way here that warned about the beach or something like that.

Oh, sounds like a tourist trap to me, said Maggie, rolling her eyes.

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