Mia: Where are you?

Toya: Still looking for the cabin!

Toya: Ugh!

Mia: Are you following my directions or your GPS?

Toya: Both?

Mia: I told you the GPS would take you the wrong way!

Toya: Dude, your directions suck!

Toya: Turn right at the red barn?

Toya: I've seen like 20 red barns!

Mia: 🤣😆😂

Toya: I can't believe I even agreed to come out here with you this weekend!

Mia: Whatever, you know you want to split that 20k prize with me!

Mia: 🤑

Toya: That's the only reason! LOL!

Mia: A weekend out in the swamp will be great!

Mia: No internet, no guys, and no stress!

Toya: Yeah, who needs YouTube or hot guys when you're hunting the Swamp Demon?

Mia: 😆😂

Mia: You say hunting like we have to catch it.

Mia: All we need is legitimate evidence.

Mia: A picture, DNA, you know, some kind of proof.

Toya: DNA?

Toya: "Um, excuse me? Mr. Swamp Demon? Do you mind if we swab the inside of your cheek?"

Toya: 😂🤣

Mia: LOL!

Mia: The picture is probably going to be our best bet.

Mia: Well, a video would be even better!

Toya: *fingers crossed*

Toya: What time does this whole thing officially kick off?

[Mia looks down at the flier in her hands.

Mia: We can start looking tonight at sundown.

Mia: So, you've got like an hour to get here!

Mia: LOL!

Toya: Perfect! I should be there in like 25 mins.

Mia: Woot woot!

Mia: 🎉🎉🎉

Toya: How many people have signed up?

Mia: Last I checked, there were 27 teams.

Toya: I heard Emmett and some of his friends are coming up...

Toya: They want in on that prize money!

Mia: Well, we're going to beat them to it!

Toya: Let's hope so!

Mia: I've already got everything packed into the Jon boat.

Toya: Jon boat?

Mia: Yeah, the fishing boat my aunt let us borrow.

Mia: It's called a Jon boat.

Toya: Ah, gotcha.

Toya: #LearningtheLingo

Mia: LOL!

Toya: Tell me the description of this thing we'll be looking for one more time.

Mia: Allegedly, it has a mixture of human and reptilian features, red glowing eyes, scales covering most of its skin, but two legs and arms.

Mia: It's supposedly insanely fast, which is why no one has ever caught it on camera and it's been known to slash victims across the throat.

Toya: Creepy!

Mia: Totally.

Toya: What did you all end up getting from the store?

Mia: I may have gone a bit overboard...

Toya: Uh oh!

Toya: 🤣🤣🤣

Toya: What does that mean?

Mia: Besides our camouflage outfits?

Toya: You didn't...

[Mia takes a selfie and sends it to her best friend.

[She picked up the clothing from the Army surplus store the next town over.

Toya: Oh Mia...

Mia: 20k, Toya.

Mia: 20k

Toya: Fine, I guess I can forgo my fashion standards for a weekend.

Mia: 🤣

Toya: What else did you get?

Mia: Try not to get too weirded out...

Mia: Okay?

Toya: Oh man...

Toya: What did you buy?

Mia: Deer urine.

Toya: EW!

Mia: Yeah, but we'll blend in with the woods.

Toya: Still gross.

Toya: What else?

Mia: A case of sardines.

Toya: Lovely...

Toya: Deer pee and stinky fish!

Mia: I picked up some duck call thingies too.

Mia: Seems like something the Swamp Demon would be attracted to, right?

Mia: Like, if it was hungry.

Mia: I got one that sounds like a wild boar too.

Toya: Prepared! I like it!

Mia: You know me! Always ready!

Mia: 😉

[Fifteen minutes later.

Toya: Crap!

Mia: What's wrong?

Toya: I've got a freaking flat tire!

Mia: What?

Toya: Ugh!

Mia: Do you need me to come pick you up?

Toya: I don't really want to leave my car out here.

Toya: Plus, I know how to change a tire.

Toya: It shouldn't take me too long.

[Five minutes later.

Toya: Bad news.

Mia: What's up?

Toya: My spare isn't in the trunk.

Toya: I called Triple A and they are on their way, but...

Mia: But?

Toya: But it's going to take like two hours.

Mia: 😭

Toya: I know... This sucks!

Mia: Do you want me to come wait with you?

Toya: No, I don't want you to have to start late because of me.

Mia: Are you sure?

Toya: 💯

Toya: I'll text you when I get to the cabin and then you can swing back through and pick me up.

Toya: Sound good?

Mia: Only if you're okay with it?

Toya: Totally!

[One hour later, a flare gun is shot into the air and nearly thirty teams disperse into the dark murky waters of the bayou.

Toya: This guy still isn't here...

Toya: I'm so sorry I'm not there yet!

Mia: It's okay.

Mia: There's a full moon and it's really easy to navigate the area.

Toya: See anything yet?

Mia: A few crocs, but other than that, no.

Toya: Maybe you should wait for me at the cabin?

Toya: Thinking about you out there in that little boat by yourself makes me nervous!

Mia: I'm fine.

Mia: Promise.

Mia: Plus, I have a flare gun in case I need to signal to anyone for help.

Mia: Ooh!

Mia: I heard something!

[Mia shines a flashlight across the stagnant water.

[Mosquitos buzz in her ears.

Mia: TOYA!

Mia: The water totally bubbled!

Toya: Bubbled?

Mia: Yes!

Mia: According to the legend, the Swamp Demon can stay under water for 15 mins at a time, but it breathes air.

Mia: What if he's hiding under the water and waiting for me to pass by before coming to the surface?

Toya: Not going to lie...

Toya: I'm hoping it's just a fish!

Mia: 👎🏼

Toya: I'm just worried about you!

Toya: I'm not going to be cool with you out there until I'm in that boat with you!

Mia: 🙄

Mia: Don't worry so much!

Toya: You're in the middle of a swamp, by yourself, trying to get a picture of a monster.

Mia: Well, when you put it like that...

Toya: Promise me that you're be super careful!

Mia: Promise!

Toya: FINALLY!

Toya: Car guy is here!

[Fifteen minutes later.

Toya: They put a patch on my tire.

Toya: Said it should hold until the tournament is over.

Toya: I just need to get a new tire on the way home.

Toya: You get our 20k pic yet?

Toya: 😉

Mia: Not yet, but I hear this weird moaning.

Toya: Moaning?!?

Toya: It's probably Emmett and his friends screwing with you.

Toya: Or an extra friendly team taking a break!

Toya: 🤣

Mia: No, it's not like that kind of moan...

Mia: It's low and gravelly.

Mia: I've never heard anything like it before.

Toya: Why don't you mark where you are on your phone's map and come back to pick me up.

Toya: Then we can head back together.

Toya: I'll hold the light and you take the pics?

[Using her phone, Mia shares her exact location with Toya.

Mia: I'll meet you back at the cabin in 10 mins, but I'm going to make sure it isn't Emmett or another team first.

Toya: See you soon!

[Ten minutes later.

Toya: Hey, I'm here.

Toya: You on your way?

Toya: Mia?

[Toya steps on to the dock and shines her phone's flashlight across the swamp.

[She cups her mouth and shouts, "Mia!"

Emmett: DUDE!

Emmett: Are you trying to ruin it for everyone?

Toya: Holy crap!

[Toya shines her light to the right.

[It lands on Emmett and two of his friends.

Toya: You scared me!

Emmett: What are you doing on the doc?

Emmett: Aren't you supposed to be with Mia?

Toya: Long story, but she was supposed to come get me.

Toya: Now she's late and not answering my texts.

Toya: She shared her location with me and it's really close.

Toya: Could you give me a ride?

[Emmett's friends groan.

Emmett: Of course.

Toya: Thanks!

[Five minutes later, they spot an empty Jon boat.

Emmett: What the...

[As they pull up, a blood curdling scream escapes Toya's lips.

[Blood coats the bottom and sides of the boat.

[A soft glow from a cell phone lights up the small water craft.

[Toya reaches down and scoops up the phone.

[As she wipes the blood off of the phone, she screams again and drops it into her lap.

Emmett: What is it?

[Toya holds up the phone, showing Emmett the last picture Mia took.

[While it's fuzzy, staring back at them is a scaly face with two glowing yellow eyes and a forked tongue.

Toya: It's the Swamp Demon...

Toya: It got Mia!