Hitty Sassy

The Hotline’s Red Phone was flashing insistently as the girl entered the office of CRYPTID HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL.  Their motto was “Did you see it?  Did you hear it?  We Investigate it!”

Could this be her first case?

CRYPTID HOTLINE

ALERT!!  ALERT!!  ALERT!!

Cryptid reported in Yawla Redef

Photo taken

Evidence collected

Request Cryptid Hunter ASAP

All available Hunters please acknowledge

It was a report from the isolated area known as Yawla Redef.  This is what she had been waiting and hoping for.  The residents reported sighting a Sapphire Leopard!  And someone had a photo!!  But they wouldn’t take the chance of mailing the photo.  They wanted a Cryptid Hunter to visit them in person and pick up the image.  Could someone come RIGHT AWAY?

Crypto Hitty Idaho Jones was known as Sassy.  That was short for Sasquatch, “a mysterious ape-like creature said to inhabit remote forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and the Canadian province of British Columbia.”  Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, had been her first introduction to the cryptid world during her training.

Sassy felt she was born as a cryptid hunter.  Her carver infused her with a love for the mysterious, and as soon as her lips were finished, she began a conversation with her carver and the carver’s children.  Oh, the tales she was told!  Oh, the mysterious creatures she heard about from them.  She was only a few days old when she flew across a vast ocean to begin her training.

And now the Sapphire Leopard could be her first investigation as a licensed Cryptid Hunter!

She rushed to the office computer and replied to the Alert.  Would she be the first to respond? She held her breath until she learned that she had been approved to travel to Yawla Redef.  HOORAY!!

When Sassy arrived in Yawla Redef, she immediately went to the location given in the Hotline Report.  The residents were more than willing to give her the photograph they had taken, and she excitedly took it in her hands.

What?? This was NOT what she expected to see.  Here’s the photo:

What a letdown.  The blue skin of the Sapphire Leopard they said they had found was barely visible in the photo, and it was very blurry and out-of-focus.  Sassy’s spirits drooped.

But then she remembered her training, and asked if they would take her to the place where the photo was taken.  “Sure,” the said.  “It’s not too far from here.  Follow us.”

It was very wet in the rain forest.  Even the tree trunks were wet from the near-steady rain in the area.  The forest floor was soft and squishy with moss.

The trail was poorly marked.  It went up hills and it went down hills.  Sassy persevered, knowing that other Cryptid Hunters were depending on her to take home as much evidence as she could.  The Sapphire Leopard was new to science, was unverified, and any small proof (that blurry photo was not valid in her opinion) would be welcomed.

At last they reached the part of the forest where the residents had found what they said was further evidence of a passing Sapphire Leopard.  They pointed out the exact tree branch where they had found their evidence.

“Aha!”  Sassy found three blue hairs, the only trace that was left.

‘Well, this is better than nothing, and it’s a whole lot better than that blurry photo,’ she thought to herself.  To the residents she said “Thank you very much.  I’ll pick these up with tweezers, put them in a sterile bag and take them home to the scientists.  The hairs could provide very valuable DNA evidence.”

They they all trekked back to the village.

Sassy was extremely disappointed that her very first case was turning out to be nothing more than a wild goose chase.  The residents noticed her mood, and offered her a cup of hot tea.  While she was thus occupied, they excitedly sent a small boy to retrieve a wrapped package from its hiding place.

“Please miss, take this package back to the scientists.  But DO NOT OPEN IT UNTIL IT IS IN THEIR LABORATORY!”

End of Part 1———-Can you guess who carved Hitty Sassy??

Tags: Leopard

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