We left Interstate 64, taking a state highway toward Mill Shoals, thinking about food. We desperately tried to find something in south Illinois to go see. We kept driving and reading and surfing the Internet, but to no avail. Apparently nothing happened in this part of the state...ever! We had a hunch that Mill Shoals would have something. But there was nothing to eat in this town. We saw no cars and no people, as well! The city limit sign said the population was 200. We decided to continue driving and take the back roads to our destination in Indiana.
The countryside was brown, gray and vacant. So far not one vehicle came up behind me as I was driving the double nickels speed limit, and the Illinoisy's drove faster than me all the time! What I mean is that traffic was scarce. Then off in the distance I saw the headlights of a car with a half dozen others behind the first as they rounded the curve. As we neared the vehicles, I commented as to an apparent rush hour in the country. But as I drove past them we noticed the first car was long, black and shiny! Oops! Sorry, Vern! I didn't mean to show disrespect for the dead. The little town of Springerton, population 109, apparently, now, would be 108.
Just up the road a couple of miles was the town of Enfield. It was a much larger town with a population of 650. Debby spied a small sign nailed on a stick that had an arrow pointing the way to BILLY BOB AND NINA'S RESTAURANT. apparently, it was THE place to eat in Enfield. It was also the ONLY place to eat. The food was good, especially the homemade pie and cobbler. Too bad we didn't get here earlier. Tuesday is Fried Rabbit day! BUMMER!
As we sat there I decided to see if anything ever happened in Enfield, so I pulled out my IPhone and checked Google, the source of all knowledge. Right below "Endfield, IL" was "Enfield Monster". I was curious. Here is part of their story:
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"There, standing on his stoop, was the same red-eyed monstrosity that had terrified his own children and assailed the Garret child less than an hour before. McDaniel backed away from the entity in horror, slammed the door, stumbled to nearby closet and retrieved a flashlight and his .22 pistol.
While his horrified family waited, Henry returned to the door and — with the conviction of a man dead set on defending his family and home — threw it back open, revealing that his first vision of this unbelievable beast had not been an hallucination. Later, McDaniel described the creature to the police:
“It had three legs on it, a short body, two little short arms coming out of its breast area and two pink eyes as big as flashlights. It stood four and a half feet tall and was grayish-colored… it was trying to get into the house!”
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Okay, I'm back. So, 4-1/2', glassy eyes, and grayish, kind of sounds like a Codger! I KNOW some of those guys!
Go ahead and Google "Enfield IL Monster", read the whole story.
So, see! Something DID happen in Enfield, Illinois!
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